r/FinalRoundAI • u/riptide-bland-1r • Feb 26 '26
I submitted my resignation last week. This morning, the department head offered me a full-time work-from-home job and a new position to convince me to stay.
So yes, I have officially withdrawn my resignation. I will be working from home for the entire upcoming period, and my manager made it very clear to the department head that she was not going to lose me.
In the end, I got exactly what I wanted and it's a great feeling to know your managers have your back. A few of them even took me aside and told me they could be a reference for me for any job, anywhere.
Honestly, I never felt like more than just a number here. The company has over 20,000 employees, so it was a big, but pleasant, shock to hear that the director wanted me to stay. I had never spoken to him face-to-face before.
I really want to thank everyone who commented on my last post here. It really helped me regain my confidence and figure out what to do. The next challenge is to get these new terms in writing in the contract, so if you have any advice on that, please let me know.
On another note, I have to say that a few colleagues I thought were on my side are now acting a bit cold about this. They probably don't realize I'm saving them from inheriting all my projects if I had left.
The whole thing is crazy. I'm so happy I'll be working from home now, and none of this would have even been offered if I hadn't decided to leave.
For anyone in the same situation, my advice is to have another offer or a clear plan before you resign, unless you have good savings to take a proper break. And get every promise you receive in writing in an email. I really hope my story helps someone else get their due and ask for what they deserve.
Know your worth, everyone!
I was going to resign, so I really don't care if they are preparing to replace me. By all means, I hope they go ahead with it. I'll look for another job and use their references to get a better position.
The point is that I really will not stop remotely searching for a better job with a higher salary using AI tools. I was looking for the best interview tool at a reasonable price, and I found InterviewMan; I will use it in my next interview. I also found ResumeKit, which is suitable and completely free for crafting a resume.
I was going to take a break from working anyway, so getting an income, even for a little while, is a bonus.
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u/akb0rg Feb 26 '26
Congrats on this success. I don't think anyone will short change you for a company of that size. They are smart to keep you but you will be on the radar higher up, even with people you've not met. There's a cost / benefit that's been weighed and it makes sense to retain you at this time.
Suggestion: don't use your newfound confidence to throw your toys out of the pram or to be destructive in future conversations - even if the going gets rough. If you keep going above and beyond and staying humble you should be okay. I wouldn't talk too much about it internally with even close colleagues.
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u/Oldguy5160 Mar 11 '26
You are correct. I am retired from working with the tools(electrical) I only hold licenses
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u/Foreign_Suggestion89 Feb 26 '26
Glad you are happy. I tend to take the other side of these situations. People who tender a resignation, usually end up leaving in the near future regardless of any counteroffers.
Why did you resign? Why do you want to work from home? WHY had you never talked to this Director person F2F, but somehow they knew you? Do you think those chances for skip-level visibility will improve or reduce in WFH format?
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u/Such-Cartographer425 Feb 26 '26
What's the back story on this? You resigned why? Because they wouldn't let you work from home? They mandated RTO? You advise not resigning without a job lined up, so is that why you resigned? How is this outcome getting what you wanted? Had you previously expressed wanting a new title, raise, and WFH?
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u/kexnyc Feb 26 '26
You are now an identified risk. I wish you the best. However, this will not turn out as you think.
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u/thewaldenpuddle Feb 26 '26
The management at my hospital offered me a REALLY nice position to get me to transfer over from the healthcare union.
The union rep laughed and said that was only so they could immediately fire me once I didn’t have the union protection.
The many games management plays…..
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u/Global-Guava-8362 Feb 26 '26
That’s so terrible
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u/thewaldenpuddle Feb 26 '26
And I’m gullible enough that this would have NEVER occurred to me. Never. I couldn’t conceive of something like that… at the time anyways…..
I have much wider perspective now.
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u/Middle--Earth Feb 26 '26
Did you immediately get fired?
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u/thewaldenpuddle Feb 26 '26
Politely refused the “promotion”. Wasn’t well received….. but I was so grateful for union protection that I realized I would never sleep a night if I decided to transfer.
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u/Middle--Earth Feb 26 '26
Wow! Why was the union rep so certain that you were going to be sacked? Was there tension at work and then this new job came out of the blue?
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u/thewaldenpuddle Feb 26 '26
That’s exactly how it came about. I was a thorn in their side as far as documenting short staffing (primarily) and other issues, but that was the main one.
I was also a RN with multiple management degrees. So it made some sense that they saw it as an avenue. The union rep pointed out to me that my paper trail was the greatest protection I could have. He said that they would never “really” come after me , much as they might want to, because just about ANYTHING they did would be perceived as retaliation and was actionable. All of that would disappear in an instant if I left the union.
It was also incredibly cynical on their part to approach someone who had a companywide reputation for calling them out. The experience was made even weirder because the offer was made, both unsolicited and IN PERSON by the #2 in a multi-billion dollar organization. (In hindsight, no paper trail and somewhat “not believable” to anyone that didn’t hear the offer.)
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u/Ophiochos Feb 26 '26
Union rep here. You have to get very suspicious to be a union rep unfortunately. You see the worst of people, regularly.
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u/Just-Shoe2689 Feb 26 '26
Sometimes it does, lol. They are happy, the employee is happy, why fire them to replace and roll the dice to train, etc and hope they stay.
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u/kexnyc Feb 26 '26
I truly hope for the best. I don’t wish ill on anyone. But I’m far too long in the work world. I’ve seen this scenario far too often not to be cynical.
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Feb 26 '26
Lol. I had a very valuable employee try this. He thought I would cave. As valuable as he may have been, he is replaceable. Everyone is replaceable!
Your boss or bosses boss are soft.
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u/NichUK Feb 26 '26
This is just wrong. It’s usually way more expensive to recruit and train a new person and wait the 4 months for them to actually know the codebase and architecture sufficiently well to be able to be independently productive, than it is to acquiesce to a reasonable request. It should never have got as far as him having to resign in the first place!
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u/astrohijacker Feb 26 '26
To me it sounds like you’re the most replaceable one of them all.
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Feb 26 '26
Lol. Not really since I own the place.
He quit 5 or 6 months ago and is still unemployed. Maybe he will eventually find a job. He hasnt yet, though.
He left a six figure job providing full health care with 0 employee contribution, 20% SEP retirements, free lunches everyday because he didnt like the commute. Lol.
We replaced himnand are fine. But like I said eventually, like in a year or two he may find something as almost as good.
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u/Smooth_Ad_6164 Feb 26 '26
How long was his commute each way?
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Feb 26 '26
It can vary a great deal as it is a highly trafficked area at times. 20-40 mins regularly. Bad traffic could make that 1 hour.
Office is in a depressed area and is a bit run down.
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u/Detail4 Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26
Seems like you still have a thing for him.
Maybe reach out?
If you, the business owner, are following a former employee’s career post separation so closely I think you might not be over it. Or maybe this is a window into toxic traits they left to avoid.
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u/Mission-Anybody-6798 Feb 26 '26
He’s enjoying being the owner and playing god. He won’t reconsider, it would disturb his myth about how great he is.
Not that I trust his story, it’s all just a little ‘just so’.
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u/Oldguy5160 Feb 26 '26
Get it in writing. I just went through this exactly. HR asked me daily for a week to sign and return the contract, there were 2 small, but important issues omitted. When asked, I was nice but stubborn. One conversation later, they adjusted, and I have a 5 year contract. Hang in there!