My advice then would be to live frugally, do personal projects and save and save, then leave the company if you have 3-6 months of living covered. You can spend more time on getting your CV right and searching for offers. If recruiters and/or companies see you have a company known for paying peanuts, they'll unlikely to hire you unless they are the same predatory company. Nobody wants a burnt out employee that won't respect him/herself. That's why you wouldn't put such company on a CV and should have a good personal project to show instead for that time frame.