Current Events > $200,000, but you have to quit your job RIGHT NOW!

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If you are not employed atm, you can take the deal if you swear off work for the next four years!

If you quit your job for the money, you may not work again until four years has passed.

c-can I volunteer?
Or at least can I just hang out in the teacher's lounge and flirt with the work moms?

Eh, i dont hate my job. 200 isnt that much tbh. If i hated my job for sure without hesitation.

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That's less than I would make in 4 years, so no.

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I already don't work.

Money now please.

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Erm the four years part is the bigger question than anything else.

I literally just started a new job and have no qualms leaving it.

But I'm not sure I want to be unemployed for 4 years. Even with 200,000

I'm assuming it's after tax? Even so.

I think I would take it but it's a serious question. $50,000 a year really isn't that much. It's less than what I am currently earning.

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Ok

my job would rehire me and I make less than 50k anyway

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For some reason it feels as if it would be a bad decision, I currently make $80,000 per taxes and I work remotely

Brutal_Deluxe posted...

c-can I volunteer?

Yeah, let me get you an application >_>

Guns_of_Verdun posted...

I'm assuming it's after tax?

Your assumption is proper and just.

The 4 years part is the biggest issue, or maybe I'm so mentally indoctrinated that I feel like I need the job

Absolutely.

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I'd take that offer. Yes I can make more money by working 4 years. But that also means I can have 8000 hours of extra free time to devote to whatever I want.

Yes.

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Cocytus posted...

Yeah, let me get you an application >_>

An application?
The school fucking paid me full salary when I was in the hospital and they had to hire contractors at 500 per day

where money

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I can already get by for more than 4 years without taking the $200k. Deal.

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My boss saw me click yes on that poll and now i'm packing up my stuff. I should be getting my 200k today right? RIGHT?

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If I did this, I would invest about 5-10% in XRP, Algorand, Litecoin, Dash or something like that, or a combination. Something especially that I'm able to stake safely and get compound interest.

I'd pay off my rent until the lease end.

I'd apply for unemployment, food stamps and government assistance in the mean time since I'm technically out of work and have no income.

With the remaining $160,000. I'd reserve $80,000 for last resort emergency savings I should be able to stretch that for about a year.

The remaining $80,000 I'd use to try to find some way to go into business for myself whether it even be something like real estate Fix and Flip, Air BnBs, CryptoMining or something.

This is if I took the deal. I'd also not tell anyone that I had this money in savings

No. I make that in two years assuming that i don't get promoted or a raise
Edit: plus family benefits

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That would be like 80k more over 4 years then what I make now.

80k more for doing literally nothing. Easy deal.

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Heartomaton posted...

I already don't work.

Money now please.

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Gladly. I can get by on less than that; so I'd have to be making significantly more with little effort in order to turn down that deal.

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No. I work for the state government, so it's not worth it unless it's enough that I would never have to work again.

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It's about what I make in 4 years. I could spend the time going back to school, so that's a pretty good deal for me.

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No, that's not enough money for me to quit my job. Maybe if I was allowed to take another job without waiting 4 years, though. That way I could actually invest that money instead of having to live off it.

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If I could get another job without having to wait 4 years I'd probably do it

IDK.

That's a massive pay cut for me but 4 years of just being able to pursue hobbies sounds like it might be worth it.

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i make way more than that in just 2 years, but the after tax part can make it tempting. work likes me so i can just apply back again after 4 years.

oddly enough, the real difference is whether i would qualify for medicare. i'm technically quitting, but if i have to pay for my own health insurance that takes it down from about 4k to only 3k in your pocket monthly. 4k i can barely do, 3k is less than mortgage+HOA+expenses

if i did it, i would take the money, which is barely enough to keep me at maintenance and use my current savings to travel. then apply back to my same job after 4 years and they'll def take me. all i'd lose out on is some savings and retirement
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Tyranthraxus posted...

IDK.

That's a massive pay cut for me but 4 years of just being able to pursue hobbies sounds like it might be worth it.

it would be. ok so you might not make as much money, but your time is honestly the most valuable thing you have. While you are young you would have 4 years of time to do whatever you want when you want.

That's worth a lower salary.

Pay off mortgage, car, student loans and would still have 50k+. More than enough to last me while I find another job, specially after cutting 50% of my bills.

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So I quit doing chores and helping around the house and $200k on top of that? Hell yes.

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would be nice to pay off my house but i'm shooting for a 20 year retirement from the military in a few years, so no. the amount of benefits i'd lose isn't worth it.

edit: didn't read the post text. but still no. taking a 4 year break and then finishing it out afterwards...no.

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give me the moenys!

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Wetterdew posted...

it would be. ok so you might not make as much money, but your time is honestly the most valuable thing you have. While you are young you would have 4 years of time to do whatever you want when you want.

That's worth a lower salary.

Essentially that's what I'm thinking. Like I'll probably be making less money when I'm retired anyway so it's better to have a little taste of retirement before I'm too old to really enjoy it.

I can always make more money I can't necessarily get back the time.


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Cocytus posted...

If you are not employed atm, you can take the deal if you swear off work for the next four years!

If you quit your job for the money, you may not work again until four years has passed.

I retract my yes vote, I didn't read the 4 years part. I assumed I could just get another job real quick.

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I'd probably take this even if I was making close to $100,000 per year.

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deal. the time saved is more valuable

Yeah I can live off of that until I get another job pretty easily

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Easily. 200k would be great for my area considering the average income is like $20k a year. Live a little modestly for 4 years and put the rest in savings after 4 years.
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Buzz Killjoy posted...

That's less than I would make in 4 years, so no.

I mean, same here, but that's not all it is. You get the money AND don't have to work for 4 years. There's more value than the money alone.

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nfearurspecimn posted...

So I quit doing chores and helping around the house and $200k on top of that? Hell yes.

Like a job, not chores.

200k and I don't have to work for 4 years, sign me up.

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PMarth2002 posted...

200k and I don't have to work for 4 years, sign me up.

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Pass

I would do it for... id say $500k. Still less than if i were working the while time

But i make too much for $200k to be worth being unemployed for 4 yearw
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This is basically covid unemployment

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Is the money Before or after taxes?

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g980 posted...

Pass

I would do it for... id say $500k. Still less than if i were working the while time

But i make too much for $200k to be worth being unemployed for 4 yearw

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Are you guys playboys or something?

Captain_Qwark posted...

That's like 4ish years at my current job so I'd probably do it

Pay off all debt, look for a new job that pays something similar and have a great chunk left in the bank.

@Captain_Qwark It's funny you say that, because TC included this in the "fine print"

Cocytus posted...

If you are not employed atm, you can take the deal if you swear off work for the next four years!

If you quit your job for the money, you may not work again until four years has passed.

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