I have enough savings that the income from the savings will cover my half of the house payments and tax forever. Taxes, bills, all the fun stuff in life, that's extra. But my husband now earns as much as I do right now, so it's not like we will starve. The kid may not get all those out of season berries in January though!
If I quit, I will have do find something else to do (scary AF), but I won't have to come in everyday and sit at my cube. (It's been depressing mess here with talk of strikes and worry about job security.) My company pension will also take a huge hit as well and I won't be able to start receiving it until I'm 60.
If it was a strictly numbers game, I would hang out at this job for the next ten years, fill up my pension, take my vacations, etc, then hit the escape button at 46, being able to take my full (larger) pension at 55. But I dread coming into work when I wake up in the morning, the politics are terrible (and are only going to get worse if not enough people take the package and they have to start laying off), and I am pretty much burned out with my current career. It is usually possible to find another job internally, but there is a hiring freeze... no idea when people will start to move around.
And then for the gossip mill of things that may or may not come to be: our office will be moved so I will no longer be within walking distance (a VERY big perk for my job and a reason I stay in it) or we may be laid off anyway (IT always seems to take a hit).
The entire time I have worked in this government job, we have had a socialist leaning gov't in power, so lot of spending and raises. Now we have a conservative gov't so lots of cuts and money saving. I realize this is cyclical, and it's just that time, but I am not sure how to deal with this or what I should do. I'm not even sure what other questions I could be asking myself to help me figure it out.
I have five weeks left to make my decision. Any help appreciated!!!
