I just had a meeting with HR. So for context, the past year or so has been kinda rough at work with anxiety, depression, and ADHD meds that no longer seem to work quite as well as they had been for the previous 20 years. So when stress got the better of me, I made some stupid mistakes, and made a snarky comment or two on Teams. I’ve actually been feeling burned out off and on for several years, but I do still get some satisfaction from coding, even after 13 years at the same company with glowing performance reviews.

Anyway, today I was given a choice: Take a severance package and leave, or stay with a performance improvement plan. Honestly not sure what I want. I feel like all I needed was was some time to recover from a particularly stressful project. I could’ve been fine. But instead I get an ultimatum and two fucking days to decide.

I’ve saved a decent amount of money over the years, so it might not be the worst thing for me to cash out and let someone else deal with the bullshit I’d be leaving behind. I would love to work part time and focus on my game dev project(s). On the other hand, health insurance is fucking expensive, and I’m going to miss being able to donate “a few thousand dollars” to my church’s food pantry without needing to worry about myself at all.

  • Scratch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    27·
    3 months ago

    If you’re on a PIP, it’s going to take a literal miracle to succeed.

    Take the sevvy, get your head straightened out and talk about how you left this job to focus on your mental health in your next interview.

    • Sergio@piefed.socialEnglish
      10·
      3 months ago

      talk about how you left this job to focus on your mental health in your next interview.

      In my experience, it’s better to talk about how you wanted to take some time to focus on a project (like the game dev projects mentioned) or education (even if it’s just an online class, or something at the local community college.) ex:

      • “yeah, working at HeartlessBastardsCo was great, but recently I wanted to take a couple months off to really focus on my game development project and see how far I could take it. And then finally the time was right.”
      • “I kinda wanted to study [some topic] but work always took a priority. So I decided to step away from HeartlessBastardsCo and take an online course on [some topic] to help develop my skillset.”

      @extramedicated@lemmy.world