I took a 30% pay cut to move to Spain. I made budgeting mistakes when adjusting to my new salary, but it was worth it.
Damien Monel took a 30% pay cut at his Amazon job to transfer from Cork to Madrid.He started spending half his paycheck on rent and made some budgeting mistakes, but has no regrets.Monel has more than doubled his salary since moving to Madrid and says following his gut was the key.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Damien Monel, a 28-year-old recruiter based in Madrid. It's been edited for length and clarity.I moved from my home country, France, to Ireland at 19 for a technical support role at Apple, only to burn out in my second year.
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Damien Monel took a 30% pay cut at his Amazon job to transfer from Cork to Madrid.He started spending half his paycheck on rent and made some budgeting mistakes, but has no regrets.Monel has more than doubled his salary since moving to Madrid and says following his gut was the key.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Damien Monel, a 28-year-old recruiter based in Madrid. It's been edited for length and clarity.I moved from my home country, France, to Ireland at 19 for a technical support role at Apple, only to burn out in my second year. I was staying at home in bed in the dark, not seeing friends, and I thought, I'm too young to feel this depressed.I knew I wanted to get into recruiting, so I applied for job after job until I landed a multi-month contract role at Amazon, also in Ireland. It was a pay cut and a temporary role, but I told myself I'd take the risk because there was no way I'd keep letting burnout affect me.Two years later, after transitioning into a full-time recruiter role at Amazon, I felt like I'd stopped growing as a person in Ireland.
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- Damien Monel took a 30% pay cut at his Amazon job to transfer from Cork to Madrid.He started spending half his paycheck on rent and made some budgeting mistakes, but has no regrets.Monel has more than doubled his salary since moving to Madrid and says following his gut was the key.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Damien Monel, a 28-year-old recruiter based in Madrid. It's been edited for length and clarity.I moved from my home country, France, to Ireland at 19 for a technical support role at Apple, only to burn out in my second year.
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I took a 30% pay cut to move to Spain. I made budgeting mistakes when adjusting to my new salary, but it was worth it.
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