I’ve been with my company almost three years. For the past year, they tossed me between different managers, managers who didn’t even talk to me (which I was okay with because freedom and autonomy to do what I needed for to get the job done) and now they’re forcing me to join a new team, same job essentially. After two months of not telling me about my pay or metrics, they gave me the offer today, putting me at entry level after being in this exact position for the past 2.5 years. There are three levels, which some of the higher positioned teammates come to me with questions and for help frequently.
When my new manager told me the specifics, she mentioned if I didn’t want to accept the offer, I could get six weeks severance at my higher and current pay plus my laptop, a 2020 loaded MacBook Pro. They’ll remotely wipe it and I’ll have full access.
After a few hours of thinking and getting Slack’ed to say that once I join, we need to discuss my pending PTO(we have unlimited) during the upcoming holidays so I can be online a “bit” while out. (I’m taking 8 business days that equal 19 days with all the holidays and weekends, for a trip to Spain that was approved 4 months ago by my former manager. And since I just moved to Romania to be with my Romanian gf since we’re fully remote and they approved, I started to do the math on how long I needed to continue to work for this company before I had enough to take some time off indefinitely.
Well, that day is tomorrow. I checked all my finances and have decided I will have zero debt and still have enough money to live comfortably in Romania, with my girlfriend for at least two years. Not to mention I have the equivalent of an LLC here in Europe, so I can find contract work when I want to work again while my girlfriend works her job with no impact to her or us by way of finances.
I don’t want to put this out there like I’m bragging, I’m just genuinely happy and carefree after 30 years of constant working for someone else to be rich. For those that can, take a chance! It feels fvcking amazing! For those that aren’t able YET, keep the dream alive! You can do it!
tl;dr: I’m going to quit my high salary job and I couldn’t feel more amazing, better than ever before!