"thankfully my spouse is an amazing person who is exactly on the same page as me. and 100% supportive of the decision to walk away."
That is excellent to hear! Same here with my wife. This whole experience has actually made us closer in a lot of ways - that fox hole buddy sort of thing.
What a journey you are able to tell from your experiences.
On the other side of this, I am really hoping we can use our experiences to help others understand that these "brass rings of all jobs" are not worth the elevation of idols that we tend to put them in. That was a large part of the journey for me. I went into this career field 10 years ago, specifically to obtain the job I ended up at. Very thankful for the experience on that journey - but I also let it become an idol.
In the last few days before talking to my team about my shot choice (which as you know, was basically signing my death warrant in that environment, Lol!) - I had to become honest and see that I held that job in "idol" status.
I surrendered it to God and surrendered the outcome to His wisdom and will.
I have to say - as painful as that end was - everything following has been absolutely awesome.
New job lets us live by our fam back in WI - I make significantly more then I did at Blizzard - and I never had to search for a new job - I had 5 to choose from almost immediately from the co-workers that knew I got screwed over.
And my life is re-oriented in a way that I haven't experienced since 10+ years ago when I started down that path of hyper-focusing on achieving that job at Blizz.
There's a lot more good news in that journey - but that is for another time. ;)
Amazing friend. I could not agree more. My soon to be former company has a cult like following. that should have been the first red flag. but it was hard to say no. we even moved back to california after fleeing more than a decade ago. even the most skeptical of us can convince ourselves the siren songs will not lead to our demise.
that place is truly cancer upon this earth.
i am excited about the future. and i have zero idea where we go next. putting 100% faith in god, and am going to surrender to his will. i will finish my dance with the devil and exit like a professional.
going to enjoy CHRISTmas with family, and not like a bloody heathen. So Merry Christmas, fren. And happy holidays to all the people of faith out there.
"thankfully my spouse is an amazing person who is exactly on the same page as me. and 100% supportive of the decision to walk away."
That is excellent to hear! Same here with my wife. This whole experience has actually made us closer in a lot of ways - that fox hole buddy sort of thing.
What a journey you are able to tell from your experiences.
On the other side of this, I am really hoping we can use our experiences to help others understand that these "brass rings of all jobs" are not worth the elevation of idols that we tend to put them in. That was a large part of the journey for me. I went into this career field 10 years ago, specifically to obtain the job I ended up at. Very thankful for the experience on that journey - but I also let it become an idol.
In the last few days before talking to my team about my shot choice (which as you know, was basically signing my death warrant in that environment, Lol!) - I had to become honest and see that I held that job in "idol" status.
I surrendered it to God and surrendered the outcome to His wisdom and will.
I have to say - as painful as that end was - everything following has been absolutely awesome.
New job lets us live by our fam back in WI - I make significantly more then I did at Blizzard - and I never had to search for a new job - I had 5 to choose from almost immediately from the co-workers that knew I got screwed over.
And my life is re-oriented in a way that I haven't experienced since 10+ years ago when I started down that path of hyper-focusing on achieving that job at Blizz.
There's a lot more good news in that journey - but that is for another time. ;)
In the end, GOD WINS!
Amazing friend. I could not agree more. My soon to be former company has a cult like following. that should have been the first red flag. but it was hard to say no. we even moved back to california after fleeing more than a decade ago. even the most skeptical of us can convince ourselves the siren songs will not lead to our demise.
that place is truly cancer upon this earth.
i am excited about the future. and i have zero idea where we go next. putting 100% faith in god, and am going to surrender to his will. i will finish my dance with the devil and exit like a professional.
going to enjoy CHRISTmas with family, and not like a bloody heathen. So Merry Christmas, fren. And happy holidays to all the people of faith out there.
<3 Glad to cross paths! Merry Christmas to you :)