Wait 4 more months to get at least 20% vested with your 401k??
I know this sounds silly, but I’m struggling with whether I should stay at my company long enough to hit my 2-year mark for 20% 401k vesting or just leave for my mental health.
I’ve been here about 1.8 years. When I first started, I loved the company. The benefits are outstanding, the workload was manageable, and I felt taken care of. Looking back though, that was kind of a double-edged sword because I barely had exposure to important work, meetings, or responsibilities. I asked multiple times to be included more or take ownership of things, but it was always “we’ll get you involved” and it never really happened.
Now both my old director and manager are gone, and I have completely new leadership. The new director and manager are actually understanding and realize I was never properly trained or exposed to a lot of things, but honestly that makes me feel even worse. They expect someone at my tenure level to know more, and I don’t blame them.
Meanwhile, the culture feels completely different now. Morale has gone downhill, promotions feel political, and it honestly feels like a boys’ club sometimes. I’ve watched people who deserved promotions get passed over because leadership is closer with someone else.
I feel overwhelmed every day. I’ve been crying constantly, having panic attacks, and I’m mentally checked out. I still have one experienced coworker I can technically ask questions to, but she’s very set in her ways and tends to just do everything herself and I don't want to add on her workload as she's also struggling with helping these new managers, so I feel stupid even asking for help at this point.
Part of me wants to push through a few more months just to get the 20% vesting, but another part of me wonders if it’s even worth sacrificing my mental health anymore.
Has anyone else stayed somewhere just long enough for vesting/benefits even when they knew they were done mentally?