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Honestly, I was lucky enough to negotiate my total compensation around 3 years ago before the acquisition using an offer I had. So while I'll never see another
by diob 6y ago
Honestly, I was lucky enough to negotiate my total compensation around 3 years ago before the acquisition using an offer I had.
So while I'll never see another raise again, I have very decent overall total compensation, especially for the cost of living where I'm at.
The other side of it, is that I have about 3 months of vacation built up. The TLDR on that though is they tried to take it from me about a month ago (carry over policy that I was told I would be exempt from). I told them straight up I would leave that day, so they reneged in the end. But I have no clue how they wouldn't assume I'm going to just take it this year and look for another job.
So my play now is to enjoy the compensation while looking for another job.
I'm also pulling back heavily in my support to the organization, which is tough because I'm not used to putting in less than 110%.
I'm trying to look on the bright side though. I think this experience may have cured me of my tendency to be a workaholic.
- tharkun__ 6y agoI obviously don't know what company you are at or what 110% means in that context. However unless you're Ar a FAANG type company I would venture that 110% is waaaay more than your regular coworkers put in. Probably at 50% levels if you are lucky. Personally I am lucky to work with lots of bright people that put in their 100%. But even there we have 50%ers. So my advice: put in your 110% for 90% of the time (or something like that :)) I do this periodically. When required I'm there 110%. Done with something at 2pm Friday? Yeah well today I'll just call it a day instead of fixing yet another bug from the backlog that wasn't even in the sprint.