Source: Giphy Yet, I kept seeing news headlines with a similar theme; “Brothers quit $10,000-a-month jobs, take 70% paycut to take over Nam Kee chicken rice family business“, “She quit her (corporate) job at 30 to be a lor mee hawker” or “The Madman Who Left His 5-figure Advertising Job To Become A Farmer“. This got me thinking… What the hell is going on?! Why are these highly paid workers quitting their jobs and taking a huge pay cut to do other things while the rest of us are chasing a higher salary?
Would you leave a $10,000-a-month career for a $3,000-a-month job? Without a second thought, I’m sure most of us would say no. Source: Giphy Yet, I kept seeing news headlines with a similar theme; “Brothers quit $10,000-a-month jobs, take 70% paycut to take over Nam Kee chicken rice family business“, “She quit her (corporate) job at 30 to be a lor mee hawker” or “The Madman Who Left His 5-figure Advertising Job To Become A Farmer“. This got me thinking… What the hell is going on?! Why are these highly paid workers quitting their jobs and taking a huge pay cut to do other things while the rest of us are chasing a higher salary?
Source: Giphy Yet, I kept seeing news headlines with a similar theme; “Brothers quit $10,000-a-month jobs, take 70% paycut to take over Nam Kee chicken rice family business“, “She quit her (corporate) job at 30 to be a lor mee hawker” or “The Madman Who Left His 5-figure Advertising Job To Become A Farmer“. This got me thinking… What the hell is going on?! Why are these highly paid workers quitting their jobs and taking a huge pay cut to do other things while the rest of us are chasing a higher salary?
