u/Swan_233

I work for a large Corp and PIPs have gotten more and more common as managers have to meet a quota every performance cycle. I feel like the culture has turned very toxic. People are not nice and it brings out the worst in some people who specialize in throwing coworkers under the bus and kissing up to management. It makes people very individualistic and you don’t feel like a team at all.

Also I feel mentally exhausted all the time like it doesn’t really motivate me to work and it’s quite the opposite. I’m stressed and anxious coming in every day and I don’t feel any desire to put effort into a company that can fire me at any time.

Haven’t had a job interview in 4 years and very rusty right now. I’m really hoping to get the job but feeling very unprepared. Like many others I’ve been using AI agents and also doing the same work every day so I do not feel prepared to answer complex coding or stats questions. It’s not been easy to get an interview so really hoping not to drop the ball here.

I’m cramming leet code and watching YouTube videos on interview techniques but what else should I do?

Hi ladies, I have about half in retirement funds, half in taxable brokerage. Total fluctuates every day as I have almost all of it except 1.5 yr emergency fund in the market. Live in the Midwest and monthly spending costs are low (~4k-5k) but probably want to buy a house at some point to improve my living conditions.

I make a decent living (low 200s total comp) but my job is making me SICK..very toxic culture and leadership expects me to do the work of 5 people due to AI. Stressed due to constant layoffs and worrying about being bottom 10% and PIPed. Zero support due to matrix structure and pushy leadership.

Pro of this job is I am able to save ~80k a year after taxes and medical. I’ve been debating if I should stay and grind it out. I think after 5 more years I would be close to my FIRE number. The industry truly sucks right now and it’s almost impossible to find a job and these may be my peak earning years. The only thing is I started having anxiety and feeling physically ill due to the stress.

I have heard about ‘coast fire’ but I tried to apply to some lower paid remote/government jobs and never even got an interview. I have an interest in fitness and asked my gym about employment and was basically told that there is almost no hiring right now and you have to have relevant experience to even be considered for a low level job.

Just feeling a bit frustrated and lost right now. If anyone could give me some advice or words of wisdom I’d really appreciate it 🙏

Things have gotten so bad these past few years at my job. Constant layoffs, stack ranking, off shoring, politics, and overwork. I’ve never been someone who loved their job but I always found it tolerable but lately I get anxiety and sometime I feel physically ill from it. It’s not just feeling overworked but also feeling unappreciated and disposable like I could be laid off at any minute. I am literally doing the work of 2.5 people right now after they got cut and my leader tells me I should be doing the work of 5 people due to AI…

On the other hand I hear people saying they’ve been unemployed for months without finding a job so that those employed are lucky but I’m getting to a point where my worries about being laid off is being overtaken by the urge to just quit because I’m so burnt out.

I try to look for jobs and can barely get an interview and I chat with my colleagues at other companies and they are experiencing the same bullshit so it feels like there’s nowhere to turn. Is there any way out of this situation? I need the paycheck but this shit cant be healthy

I see a lot of posts with people saying that once they had enough savings to coast, work got better because they felt like they don’t have the pressure to perform and started liking their job. For me it’s been the opposite…before when I feel like I really needed the job and the money some things annoyed me, but I would just put up with it, but now sometimes it feels intolerable because I feel like I could take it or leave it and I can’t deal with the bullshit and sometimes I just wanna walk out.

The thing is I’m not there yet in terms of being able to outright quit my job and never work again. I still need to work, but I just don’t care as much now and this is where I’ve really been struggling. Did anyone else feel this?

I drive a 10 year old car, live in a small house, rarely eat out, always look for deals and fly basic economy. Only my immediate family knows how much I have saved and that I was able to reach $1 million by the time I was in my early 30s. People look at me and think I have no money and I actually prefer it that way and I don’t talk about money. I’ve always been a saver and I treat myself occasionally but I don’t really have a desire for extravagant things. I just think it’s funny if people assume I’m broke and I just smile and play along lol

The timing chain on my SUV went out and I am getting quotes around $3k to repair and it’s very expensive in terms of both the part and labor as it’s a long repair.

Now I wondering if it’s even worth it as the estimated value of my car is worth a little less than $10k but maybe I could only sell it for like 8k. I’m debating on whether I should just trade it in as the car is over 10 years old with 100k miles and I have the funds to purchase a new car right now.

If the cost was like $500 I would fix it but do you think such a costly repair is worth it for an old car like this?