Changing direction or going in reverse?

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Six months ago I was offered a job with a major computer company. I can't tell you how thrilled I was when I was offered a significant pay increase, great benefits and the opportunity to be part of a team that managed corporate accounts for this company. Sure, I'd have a hour commute one way. Sure I wouild be gone 11 hours a day instead of eight and a half. But it was worth it to be able to provide better for my family! Over half of my pay increase went into my gas tank and to maintain my car. The job, while having its perks, was boring and the office staff incredibly clique-ish. And that hour long commute that kept me away from my kids an extra two and a half hours a day is wearing me out. I'm the kind of person that sticks things out until the end, and as this job paid well, I kept telling myself I'd be stupid to leave. But the idea has been in the back of my mind from the start. I then found out that my company is cutting wages. Cutting them to the point that I'd be making less than I was at my old job if I continued to make the daily commute. So I made a decision I had been playing with for several months, I contacted my previous employer and have accepted my old position with them. Moral of the story... before you make a big leap like that make sure you have gone over every single angle. What sounds like it will be a wonderful oppurtunity can turn out to be a big lesson learned instead.