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I place a lot of value on mental health - because treating it is fucking costly as well not just in terms of treatments/support/comfort, but also lost opportunities and time - so the gap in pay would have to be quite significant for me to stay on at a rapidly deteriorating workplace.
I initially took a fair bit of a pay cut (>10k/yr if you include allowances) from my old job to each of my two roles last year, but it was infinitely worth it for how much less stress was involved at work. And it's paid off; the job I stayed on at increased my wage so much that the FTE is now equivalent to what I last earned (including allowances) but for FAR less stress and responsibilities in terms of colleagues as well as the workload itself.
Cannot recommend it more highly. Work often feels like such a bloody waste of time anyway, I don't want it to eat up so much of my mental energy as well if my main financial needs are met