[scarface_74]

My grandfather told me not to chase after old money or old women.

The very day I got a my ultimatum of “do this monkey dance and you might have a chance of staying or take this big ass check and leave”. I didn’t even let the manager list out all of the things I would need to do. I asked how much money I would get if I leave, said OK where do I sign and started looking for a job the same day.

After 25+ years in the industry, I stay prepared.

Why would I waste time and energy to stay at Amazon? It served its purpose. I added to my resume, I made my money and I had a job within three weeks still working remotely with a lot less bullshit.

It was actually two weeks after my last day and even before my paid out 10 days of PTO was over let alone severance

[raincom]

I can understand about "old women". Can you clarify about "old money"? Just curious about it.

[scarface_74]

It’s an old southern saying that surprisingly I couldn’t find on the internet and ChatGPT hadn’t heard of it either.

But it did give a reasonable explanation better than I could express it.

“The overall sentiment of the phrase might be to focus on the present and what’s attainable now, rather than longing for or pursuing things from the past that might not yield positive outcomes. ”

Old women doesn’t mean physically old. It meant past relationships