I came over from corporate to Skywest. Its a massive pay cut. Training pay for almost 3 months, then reserve pay, then usually credit around 85 hours a month once you get a line. You can maybe drop and pickup premium and get to around 95 hours, but I wouldn't count on that every month.
The argument you to be made for doing the transition is that yes it will suck for 2 years until you upgrade. Then the pay is more tolerable. But once you make it to the majors, considering you have awhile until you retire, it will be the best decision you ever made for your career. Just have to stick out the tough times and remember its for the end goal. Later down the road when youre in your big house and taking nice vacations she will thank you for making the switch even though it sucked at the time.