OE or Quit
I was OE for 6 months until last month when I was fired from J2. They changed my manager and I didn’t like it so I took this subs advice and just quite quit until they fired me and gave severance. However, I’m not sure this is the right move now.
I absolutely hate working at J1 due to incessant micromanagement and pedantic oversight. I was ready to quit without a new job but decided to wait until I have an offer which I now do. I found a new J whose cash comp is literally 90% of what my current J1 and recent J2 were combined. J1 is somewhat OE compatible but less so as my manager is skeptical of my performance and now monitoring almost everything I do
The new role is likely going to be a lot of responsibility and likely a lot of work and I’m not sure if it will be OE compatible.
I know this subs advice is to always get fired, but I want to quit for a couple reasons and see if my rationale holds water or I should continue to OE and probably get fired:
- I often find new jobs via referrals from people I have previously worked with as colleagues who moved to new companies and if they know I got fired, they may hesitate from referring me to their future company
- I want to take a week off before starting my new job as I’m burnt out
- I hate my J1 and get nervous before logging in each day
- Onboarding my new J will be very tough with my current J1
- Least rationally, I don’t want the humiliation of being fired and I want the gratification of quitting with short notice
Should I continue to OE, quite quit until fired, or just quit?