I'm rolling up on 2-years post-resignation / post-FIRE. After I resigned, my former employer offered to keep me on for an additional year at half-time with benefits, which I was grateful to receive. Unfortunately, the relationship soured near the end of that year when I declined their "curious" efforts to bring me back to full-time.
......but I don't work here anymore.
As the title implies, the "Dumpster Fire" is still burning, same as ever. A 'birdie' in the office told me that, after I departed last year, upper-management were successful in hiring someone at the VP-level to complete the tasks I had respectfully declined to do for half the pay. However, that person showed up without their family, muddled their way through orientations, meetings, etc. to get up to speed on the organization, and then resigned after a few months without doing anything. Interestingly, upper-management was able to quickly replace them with a less-qualified applicant from the original pool. That person did arrive in town with their family, likely because the received a large relocation package as part of their offer. Unfortunately, rather than relocating, they enjoyed a month-long ski vacation in an AirBnB before departing without ever showing up for a single day of work.
So that brings us to today (well yesterday), when the bids I submitted to "Dumpster Fire" management for various projects were accepted. Knowing that nothing has happened since my departure, I only bid on projects where I can literally just change the dates on the documents I currently have in my possession, but of course the bids are at the top end of my consulting rate. Everything is entirely remote, but it still feels like I'm returning to the "Dumpster Fire" and that place is toxic. Anyway, figured I'd share a financially exciting but otherwise uncomfortable update.
......but I don't work here anymore.
As the title implies, the "Dumpster Fire" is still burning, same as ever. A 'birdie' in the office told me that, after I departed last year, upper-management were successful in hiring someone at the VP-level to complete the tasks I had respectfully declined to do for half the pay. However, that person showed up without their family, muddled their way through orientations, meetings, etc. to get up to speed on the organization, and then resigned after a few months without doing anything. Interestingly, upper-management was able to quickly replace them with a less-qualified applicant from the original pool. That person did arrive in town with their family, likely because the received a large relocation package as part of their offer. Unfortunately, rather than relocating, they enjoyed a month-long ski vacation in an AirBnB before departing without ever showing up for a single day of work.
So that brings us to today (well yesterday), when the bids I submitted to "Dumpster Fire" management for various projects were accepted. Knowing that nothing has happened since my departure, I only bid on projects where I can literally just change the dates on the documents I currently have in my possession, but of course the bids are at the top end of my consulting rate. Everything is entirely remote, but it still feels like I'm returning to the "Dumpster Fire" and that place is toxic. Anyway, figured I'd share a financially exciting but otherwise uncomfortable update.