<prompt> Human: Im in a bit of a state of shock right now, and need some advise as to what are good options for someone in my shoes. Im a mid-50s male who makes a comfortable near 300k the last few years as a senior systems architect and director of a devops team for a smallish 200 employee mid-sized company. My company is completing a merger with a slightly larger firm.Ive been informed they new entity will put one of their members in my role, and effectively eliminate the rest of my current team, except for me. They clearly need me to stay on, as I have core knowledge and have architected and deployed their entire current infrastructure, for both internal and client products.Essentially Ive been offered a simple title of CloudDevOps engineer with a pay cut to 125k a potential 10 bonus - roughly half of what I make now. Two 2 years guaranteed, and they thought they could sweeten the deal by letting me know that I can drive my own priorities - essentially I wont have to answer to the new boss.I know I have a few options, and considering the circumstances, still very lucky. But Im absolutely floored and not really sure how to proceed at this point. I fought for keeping my team, and was effectively told they would consider keeping one, or maybe two employees but only if I left - or asked for better terms, this is their final offer.I am marketable, but older, and have a solid 10 years of work left before I want to consider retiring. I consider myself a competent manager, but honest wouldnt mind not managing at this point. And two years guaranteed would put me that much closer to retirement. Thankfully were past paying for college 5 kids through!, and the pay cut wont effect our lifestyle in any way other than our ability to save. We were able to save 100kyr our of my pay max 401k, other savings vehicles. This wont be possible now and really wrecks our personal retirement goal of 4M in savings by age 69.My question really is, should I walk away and spare one or two teammates, or take the low hanging fruit and see where it goes for a couple of years. Again, if I havent made it clear, I have no influence or control over the re-org and what Ive been given is a final offer.  <response>: Dont be a martyr. Take the 125k, and look for something better. 