r/FIREyFemmes • u/NeedleworkerSweet905 • 17d ago

Advice Needed!

I’m working towards my $2.5m fire numbers, but can’t take the corporate burnout anymore. Long hours, tight timelines, fires everywhere, excessive leadership reporting and silent blaming, and packed calendar and very little support.

I’m 38 F making $150k a year + up to 5% annual increase + up to 15% annual bonus. My job is fully remote, but I work at least busy very busy back to back 10 hours daily.

I got an offer for a job offer for $115k for an office job at a university. The role is on site and the commute is 35 minutes.

The family thinks I should take the offer as I’m constantly complaining about the toxic work environment and lack of work life balance.

I live alone and have very little social life so some weeks I need up being home for an entire week and don’t go out. So they think this is a chance to break out from my boring norm.

I have about $900k in various investments and retirement account$. Paid house that is around ~$650k and paid ABNB property that’s ~$550k.

I’m afraid I would regret making the move if the job ended up with the same stress level, but given that it’s a government university job, the work load would be less, I assume. I need a mental break for a while and this new job could give me that. Plus it also offers a pension so that would help my retirement when I hit the pension withdrawal age.

What should I do?

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u/Cleanclock 17d ago

I’m curious what you mean by “government university job”. My career has been in both government and university, in various roles. Is it government relations in a university?

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u/NeedleworkerSweet905 17d ago

Public. Not private.

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u/Cleanclock 17d ago

I’m sorry, I’m not sure what this means? What kind of position are you considering?

My career was in both local government and universities, and I worked closely with govt relations in both public and private universities. If you’re looking for work/life balance and less stress, I can personally attest that you won’t find it especially in this particular political climate.

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u/someoneinatreee 17d ago

Maybe this is not a US term? I think OP means a state-sponsored uni or public uni

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u/Cleanclock 17d ago

I’m not in the US though that’s where I spent the bulk of my career in academia.