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Probably. I was going crazy working there, I grew to really dislike it. But from a purely selfish $$ POV, it's likely I would have got caught in one of the rounds of layoffs or been able to take this latest voluntary layoff package.

Unless the frustration led to bad performance reviews, which could have happened.

My mental health would have suffered, but holding on another 1-3 years would have probably led to me being 5 years closer to early retirement.

It was also 2021/2022, when the job market was completely bananas. The temptation to leave and get a decent paying remote job was very high. And at the time I felt Google was doing a very poor job of remote work, at least on the teams I was on. And they made the hybrid in-office unpleasant (floating desks, nobody else there, just a weird vibe).

Hindsight 20/20, etc.



My story is the same as yours, and the same timing, but it was Meta. I missed out on a LOT (!!!!) of money by quitting, but I don't regret it at all. The place was rotten.

I'm actually now at Google and things are just fine and peachy.




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