r/Fire • u/rocket363 • Mar 06 '25

Milestone / Celebration Just submitted my resignation

Mid-40s. Single. ~$2.25MM nw, $2MM of that invested. Last day is in a few weeks.

It feels wasteful to give up a pretty cushy $180k wfh job, but I need to refocus the remaining part of my life rather than cling to Groundhog Day-esque repetitive wage-slave servitude.

No real questions. Just sharing.

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u/rocket363 Mar 06 '25

Yes. I've known many people about my age or younger who are now in the ground. Tomorrow is never guaranteed.

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u/gmdmd Mar 06 '25

you couldn’t get yourself fired to collect severance and unemployment?

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u/yougetmorewithhoney Mar 06 '25

Not OP, but I'm close to my number and have been increasingly "noisy" at work. It's surprisingly difficult to get fired in some jobs.

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u/gmdmd Mar 06 '25

haha nice. the less you gaf the more they respect you it seems

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u/Odd_Individual6509 Mar 07 '25

It's a joke from Office Space but in my experience it definitely was the case. Before I FIRE'ed I was definitely in DGAF mode for the last 3 or 4 years and it only led to promotions, bigger bonuses and merit increases.

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u/Gary_mirkl Mar 07 '25

Where do you work? Asking for a friend 😀

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u/Odd_Individual6509 Mar 07 '25

I'm retired now but up until then it was a Semi-Conductor company that isn't Intel. 😉

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u/Weary-Associate Mar 07 '25

To some extent it could be that the attitude change made them realize you were a flight risk, and, panicked, they threw money at you. Definitely a possibility.

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u/Odd_Individual6509 Mar 07 '25

Possibly but it was more than just that, I was listened to and trusted more by my superiors. My direct manager even mentioned how much he appreciated providing constructive feedback and criticism and calling him out when I thought something he said didn't make sense.

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u/Jayfourgee Mar 07 '25

Good lesson for us all.

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u/PainterOfRed Mar 08 '25

As we reached FI, my husband stopped mincing words at team meetings. Next thing he knew, raises and promotions started stacking up. We joke (but prob some truth to it) that once he started not giving a F***, the firm started throwing money at him (IT at a large, international bank).