<prompt> Human: Hey guys and gals, looking for some advice from random people because I apparently cannot make up my own goddamn mind. Anyways. I had a dream job back in the day, great culture, great pay, great opportunities, awesome benefits. Company shut down. Cest la vie. I was making 45k there with bonuses of about 3500 a year. So after the shutdown I got a job at this new startup - 50k with paid OT - we work a lot of OT. Im basically working 60ish hour work weeks right now and often saturdaysunday work as well. My bosses are terrible, its not a field I even want to be in but they offered me a full time position with benefits where no other offer I received was even close at the time. I had applied for other jobs within my field and the ones I wanted werent hiring for my position at the time. Anyway - this job has made me pretty miserable. Im not a fan of the culture, I hate the politics and recently my boss decided it would be a great idea to come to work drunk after hours while im delivering a shot and basically screams at my face. Fun times, shes apologized but I had tried to resign then. She wouldnt let me basically and said she wanted to work it out because im a valuable team member. I love the team im working with minus the managers but hate the work. Fast forward about 4 months later, I get an email from one of these companies I had applied to ; to no avail, and they would like to interview me, not only for the position im in but they see potential in me to grow within the company - great fit, same values, etc. Theyre offering me 46k, benefits, contract position with 3 sick days a year and no paid vacation 4 on each paycheck. Im paid weekly 900.00 before tax. My expenses are thusly:rent- 789monthutilities - 90monthphone - 65monthcar payments - 120monthinsurance - 193monthgas budget - 75monthfood budget - 500monthI was living fine on my previous salary of 45k, but once the company shut down I needed to buy a car which I budgeted for based on the 50k salary.So PF - can I make this work? Can i take this pay cut to work in the field i love ?  <response>: Why not counter and ask for 50k at the new position? If you think youre worth that much or maybe more?, you should convince them theyd be making the right choice. Opening offers is one of the few times you can negotiate your salary aggressively. 