<prompt> Human: To give you a bit of a background I used to run a succesful creative department in my old job but I quite after a couple years of working in a abusive and underpaying environment. I started job searching for something better a couple months back but as time added up so did the bills and I decided to take a simpler job in my industry and bit of bump to my previous salary but I still plan to keep looking for something better. But when I arrived at work I found out there had been a mass exodus and large amount of the former teams had quite or were fired, so I found myself in the position of building a department from the ground up again, but now Im at a lower pay. I thought I would just be an aid and not a lead What do you guys think I should do?Also, note these guys are desperate to fill my position, they asked me to come in a week sooner than i was able to and already they have tight deadline for me to fill in JanuaryThank you for what ever advice or experience you have im a bit worried on what to do here and the position i put myself in terms of salary negotiation.edit a update for those of you that are curious, I ended up asking for the raise from 40,000 to 55,000. It was denied and i was given the promise of a raise in three months and a bonus if the current project is completed in time. So I know i was fed some bull and i found out the mass quitting was actual a mass layoff because the employees wanted to unionize. So I will do my job requirements and keep looking for a better positionTL;Dr not a happy ending but a temporary one Thanks again! Thanks  <response>: I think plan A is go look for the job situation you wanted to find and thought you had.Plan B is to have a heart to heart with the new employers and say that youd need a different compensation plan to do a different job than you signed up for. They might not do that, but if you dont ask, you wont know. The fact that they want you to come in a week sooner means you have a lot of leverage here. Use it. 