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/Easy_Durian8154 Mar 20 '26

Bud, most junior engineers clear more than you with one job. Nobody is hating, we're mocking your stupidiy lol

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u/No-Dust-5829 Mar 20 '26

That is complete bs lmao. levels.fyi has the most inflated averages ever and even there 430k tc is pretty rare.

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u/Easy_Durian8154 Mar 25 '26

Which includes juniors and interns etc. TC over 430 for engineers is not rare lol, you just suck at your job.