u/Fluffy_Part4961

I'm writing this mostly because I keep seeing posts here saying not to leave a well-paying job, and I get that. But it also varies from person to person. I'm currently in tech and make about $138k USD, and for about 14 months I've been wrestling with the idea that, honestly, I think B2B SaaS might be one of the most meaningless corners of the business world. It feels like people are selling tools they built to companies that sell tools they built to other companies that also sell tools, and everyone is waiting to make an exit before the whole thing stops.

I'm a CSM, so my job is basically to help customers set up their accounts and make sure they're using the product. And I just don't care anymore. For a while, the salary let me ignore that feeling, but that doesn't work anymore. I feel like I'm trading a huge part of my life for something I don't actually believe matters.

Our company has a big leadership review coming up, and honestly I'm hoping I'm included in the next round of cuts. My wife and I have been talking for a while about starting a business that aligns with the things we care about and do outside of work. If it succeeds, great. If it doesn't, I'll give it maybe 15 months and then drag myself back to tech if I have to.

I think the takeaway is: don't settle for something just because the money looks good on paper. You still have to live your real life.

After about 14 months of applying to a lot of jobs almost every day, I finally found a remote role with a good salary, and it was pretty much what I had been hoping for.

The short version is that I kept staying up late talking to people and doomscrolling like the idiot that I am, and on a few mornings I would wake up late. Not by much, maybe around 20 minutes, but it happened more than once and my manager noticed.

He gave me a chance to be honest and say why the laptop showed that I was logging in after 8:30 a.m., and I didn't have the courage to tell the truth. I said I was having WiFi/laptop issues instead. In the end, they fired me, and now I feel like a complete failure.

I'm back to square one, and honestly I feel like there's no hope. Since I finished college, I've worked 3 jobs, and none of them lasted more than 4 months, so my resume looks really bad. I started applying again, but losing a job I really needed because of something as basic as waking up on time is really getting to me.

I think part of the reason I stopped feeling motivated to get up and stay focused was that the job wasn't something I was interested in, but that still doesn't justify what happened. I know I did this to myself.

I was hired as a regional sales manager at a company in September. $95k base + 6% commission on all sales. My team's quota for the year is $2.1 million. So that's another $126k, making the total OTE about $221k.

Anyway, after about 3 months, the company was sold to new owners, and the new owners decided that my salary would now be $65k with 0.75% commission. Same quota, of course. So my OTE dropped from around $221k to about $81k. They added a few small bonus targets that, if everything worked out perfectly, would add another $12k. So the best-case scenario would be a total of about $93k.

When I told them I was extremely upset and that I never would have accepted this job with that comp plan, the VP said I was making a big deal out of it. It's obvious they did the same thing to every sales manager. And before anyone says, "Sounds like they're trying to make people leave," 3 managers already quit and the company basically panicked and threw a lot of money at them to stay. Fortunately, all three left anyway.

I saw this post talking about something called cold emailing, and I applied it. Thankfully, I was able to find another job quickly that pays a lot more, and doesn't have this nonsense.

So my question is: do I give these assholes the courtesy of a 10-day notice, or do I tell them to go screw themselves?

Hey Reddit folks, I have a classic scenario for you that really makes one think about their priorities.

Let's call this **Scenario One: The Balanced Life (around $95K per year)**
* Consistent 38 hours of work per week, with regular and fixed work hours.
* One work-from-home day every week.
* 35 paid vacation days per year, which is a lot.

Then we have **Scenario Two: The Grind (close to $125K per year)**
* This averages around 55 hours of work per week, with a rotating schedule: 4 days on, then 4 days off.
* You'll constantly rotate between two morning shifts and two night shifts.
* All work is in the office, no work-from-home options.
* Shifts are long, about 13-14 hours - meaning from early morning until late night, or from late night until early morning.
* The weekly average really reaches about 55 hours when you calculate it all.
* You get 18 paid vacation days per year.

So, what's your decision? Which one is more suitable for you right now, and what's the reason for your choice?