Literally no one would know, except now I've told all you people!

It is totally worth it.

OK, I feel better.

Congrats Jesse!

And sending out lots of ~ma to Omnis, Ouise, and Scrappy's mom

Wow, so much news

OMG, I'm totally wrong. It's less than I'm making now, but more than I started at three years ago. Now I really feel better!

Hooray for better jobs!

Congrats, Jesse. Happiness is priceless and definitely worth taking less money for.

This year will be interesting for me, as we are moving to open plan office space in October. I don't mind some aspects of an open plan office, actually, but combining it with my hell commute makes my job even less appealing than it's been for a while. No matter what I do when I quit this company, I'll be making less money and I'd be willing to take a 50% salary cut to not have this commute. OTOH I go crazy working from my home office more than 3 days in a row, so the best thing that could happen is finding a position in the east bay closer to me.

I have a lot to say about Omnis, but I am saving it for private communication with him. Hello and my best to everyone else (I am all caught up on the board now, finally.)

Hey Nanita! Are there companies who do what we do, in the East Bay? Good luck.

I could handle open office on a day or two a week basis (it's essentially what the co-working space is) but can't imagine EVERYONE having to do it, or having to do it every day! Cubes were bad enough, geez. But these days I haven't worked in an office in..9 years? So...yeah.

I'm still trying to figure out what i want to do when I give up the co-working space at the end of the month. Need to have a place to go, but when I have multiple meetings every day, coffee shops aren't the best (not to mention, I end up eating/drinking too much in them!)

Also...go Jesse!

Open plans are such bullshit (in most circumstances).

We're moving to open plan next year. They put everyone in the new space in bullpen style cubes (four people back to back) and had a lot of complaints. So they told us the new space wouldn't have them. Then my boss saw the floor plan and there are the bullpens. I work with a group of introverts and we're not looking forward to it.

Scrappy, much love to you and your mom and the most painless path forward.

I love my 3 person office with 2 coworkers who only come in 2-3 days a week, same days. And it's got great light and a independent heating/cooling unit we can control! (In addition to building hvac. Due to the fact that exterior offices need help because huge windows, high ceilings, 1921 building.)

So the salary they offered (after I asked for more) is what I started at at my current job three years ago. It's definitely plenty for me, and the benefits are good (the big financial ones are an additional week of vacation and 10% of salary contributed to retirement plan). And I hate my current job. It's not crazy to take a step back in salary, right?

I think between the benefits, and the not crazy making job, and the more than enough monies, it's probably a good move.