same but with a 60% TTC increase and title bump! similar industry, not a direct competitor. new company has its own issues like anywhere but the laid back calm attitude from everyone, lack of micro managing, and emphasis on actual real modern tools or whatever (for starters they had claude/gemini/chatgpt/copilot/etc available to all employees mid-last year, and have a process of encouraging people to adopt AI tools that involves exactly Zero weekly time-wasting forced KPIs) is night & day.
to anyone who’s employed thinking about interviewing elsewhere, do it and do NOT be scared to reject offers/wait for the right opportunity while doing the minimum necessary to get paid & not let good coworkers down. that’s what I did. to anyone who got laid off, wait for the right opportunity as much as your savings allow. no matter which situation you’re in it will get so much better.