The phrase "a massive pay cut" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a significant reduction in salary or wages that an employee may experience.
Example: "After the company downsized, many employees were faced with a massive pay cut that affected their financial stability."
Alternatives: "a substantial salary reduction" or "a significant wage decrease."
But in Moscow shopkeepers have started to reprice goods daily, in effect handing Russian workers a massive pay cut.
She is on a two-year break from working in the call centre for Cleveland Police and has taken a "massive" pay cut.
Button took a massive pay cut last season at Brawn after Honda, the team's former sponsor, pulled out in March, taking its check book with it.
As generous as the owners' offer appears, it still amounts to a massive pay cut for the players — at least $7 billion over 10 years, when compared to the current system, according to union officials.
The players have every right to bargain for a shorter season during labor talks, but there's almost zero chance they would do so and accept a massive pay cut.
The ultimatum issued by the N.B.A. to its players over the weekend not only threatens them with a worse labor deal, but also a massive pay cut if they do not make a deal by Wednesday afternoon.
If you want to go part-time when you've got young kids, expect to take a massive pay-cut for the privilege.
Former Wales captain Gwyn Jones has warned the nation's players face "massive" pay cuts amid a cash crisis.
Jones said: "The players have to realise they are going to have to take massive pay cuts - if they are going to stay in Wales".
We all took massive pay cuts and worked out of broken-down offices — complete with the start-up lore of mismatched furniture and Wonder Bread sandwiches.
Wright's soul-searching follows some shifts at b5media itself, which saw massive pay cuts for bloggers as the economy tumbled last fall.
