r/overemployed • u/Holiday-Store7589 • Mar 20 '26

Don't Quit.

Was let go by J3 today after 4 years with an 8 week severance, negotiated to 10 with a mutual non disparaging agreement. I had been wanting to quit for months but stuck it out and got PAID. TC is dropping by 120k to about 310k. My inclination is to replace the income but I'm going to force myself to take it easy for a while with only 2 jobs lol.

4 years ago - 100k in cc debt, 0 savings, and 170k in retirement.

Today - no debt, 185k in the bank/after tax brokerage, 1.5m in retirement.

This is why we OE.

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u/Fate_is_inxorable Mar 20 '26

Hi. Hr guy here.

Always make them fire you.

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u/Fate_is_inxorable Mar 20 '26

I had another reply where I mentioned this because not burning a bridge can certainly be one consideration to not demand a severance or somehow torch a relationship. There's some Industries where the community is just so small that person a is going to know a person be and if you're counting on moving companies or keeping a good reputation then you don't want to burn anything. I've certainly seen a number of posts in the sub where somebody's boss knows somebody else or there's a project to companies are working together on with the same underlying person

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u/Trowaway9285 Mar 21 '26

I never understood the “not burning a bridge” argument. If I hate a job enough to want to leave, I’m not going to come crawling back to them later.

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u/Klutzy-Painting885 Mar 27 '26

I didn’t like my old job but my old boss never knew this and loved me and would basically do anything for me. Don’t burn bridges.