Took a 50% pay cut once!
Union work, had us doing weird shifts, work 3rd Mon.-Fri., then come back on second shift Sat., then 1st. Shift on Sun.
I cannot sleep during the day, so 3rd. shift was killing me. I tried to get through it for 2 weeks, when I just could no longer handle the lack of sleep.
Found another contractor in a different local who needed Millwrights, but it only paid roughly 1/2 of what my local paid.
I quit, went to work out of the Louisville hall, and ended up staying until I retired(From the Union).
Even though the pay was less, there was more overtime, more work during the winter, and just a little less politics, so I believe I made as much money in the long run as I would have by staying in the Evansville local.