True enough, an empty bank account in a sour job market has no pride...I did once see a co-worker come back for less money & lower position...he had a family to support & no prospects at any other place in town. I regarded it as an extraordinary act of pride-swallowing, & a very ordinary act of fatherhood.

Oh yeh, I did go crawling back into the boss' office once after getting the axe, & actually convinced him to let me stay for less money...it only postponed the inevitable tho...

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