that's the situation that ive heard of, going for greener pastures that turn out to be no better than here. I know of a guy who is taking a decent pay cut to leave, which makes no sense at all. I have heard of some guys who quit SB road board to go to wally world, and quit within a year, because its not the magic job that everyone paints it to be. I have heard of senior road guys who in one sentence will say they made over 100,000 last year running hard, then in the next sentence talk about where they are going to go work next.
I dunno, mb its just me, but if I have a job with good insurance, no at will employment crap, and I can scrape 100k a year off them, even with a wage cut, I'm not going anywhere....