Sadly location and enjoyment of a career or operator change wears off very quickly when you realise how under paid you are for the skills demanded. As one who walked away from HEMS a few years ago due T&Cs and wanting to better my financial position for my family, the decision was difficult due to the people working in HEMS, but I like so many before realise that good work has to appreciated with better salaries, or people walk away, or worse become disgruntled and stay!
IMHO The low salaries are a throw back to when many ex-military pilots had pensions to lean on, unfortunately the salaries haven’t kept pace with the increasingly technical role. My advice to a new FO joining with minimum hours was to think about an exit strategy to the next better flying job, as the likelihood of gaining enough hours for command before 10 years was unlikely.