Everyone’s circumstances are different. Most that I see who want to leave are just wanting to go with a severance. Like everyone else I have a mortgage, bills to pay and with the help of my hubby a family of 5 to support. I took it upon myself to find a new job before the last major round of layoffs and it had equivalent pay, benefits - the whole 9 yards.
But there were some of my colleagues who stuck it out for the severance pay and guess what - it ran out and most of them are still unemployed. I gave up trying to wait for severance in exchange for being currently employed and paying the bills. There’s no guarantee severance will hold you until you find a new job and there’s no telling when that will happen.
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Even if you run your own business, others control your fate to some degree. Certainly anyone working for someone else is in that boat. What we do sometimes get for a while is the illusion of control.
Never wait for someone else to decide your fate.
Ok. Thanks. I think.
Yeah, not waiting. Good advice OP
Thanks Charles, I'll take it under advisement.
That’s good advice, OP. In my case, I’m fortunate enough to live below my means enough that I can go a year without a job before I have to start using savings. If I can’t get a job in a year than I’ve got bigger problems than I’m aware of.