Fourteen months out, came back, employable. The parts that mattered were mostly decided before leaving. Leaving well is most of it. Notice, a proper handover, and staying in touch. Two of my later interviews came…
Good pay, decent people, reasonable hours, a manager I like. Nothing is wrong. And I have not learned anything in about eighteen months. The work is a variation of work I have already done several times. I am good at…
Six years backend at the same company. The lead role is about 8 percent more money and six reports, the lateral is the same pay on a stack I have never touched. I have to answer in two weeks and my manager has made it…
Application portal has a required field for current salary and the recruiter followed up asking to confirm it before booking a call. I'm underpaid relative to the market by maybe 15k, which is the whole reason I'm…
34, leaving an ops role for data analytics, nine months of expenses saved, no dependants. I am not looking for encouragement, I am looking for the signal people wish they had read earlier and ignored. If you switched…
I resigned Tuesday with a written offer for 96k. My manager came back Thursday with 108k plus a title bump, effective immediately, no other conditions mentioned. I like my team here and the outside role is a slight…
Mid level, two promotion cycles a year, told next cycle twice by a manager who has now left. The new manager inherited me four weeks ago and has no history to argue from. I like the company and would rather not leave to…
Moved teams internally in March for a role that was described as owning the reporting platform. In practice the previous owner never actually left, keeps doing the work, and I get handed small tickets. I've raised it…
Started a job I worked hard to get, better pay, nicer people, shorter commute. Three months in and I feel completely flat about it. Not unhappy, just no spark at all. I keep waiting for the part where I'm excited to be…
Two offers, base within 2k of each other. One is a senior title at a 40 person company where I'd be the third person on a new team. The other is a non senior title at a company everyone has heard of, on an established…