The Big Job, Big Pay in 2025 - It May Be a One-Off

 Professional anonymous network for tech Blind leads the way in documenting how the dream job, with the high total compensation, may be a one-off. Once that's gone, it could be simply chasing more mundane work situation, with very ordinary TC.

For example, on Blind a former Meta engineer posts about now being employed at a dog food company, earning about one-third the previous compensation. A response captures the current reality that you may only hit it big once:

" ... any employment is temporary and enjoy it while it lasts. / always be ready for interviews. If someone ... is an early career employee and has only known 300k+ TC ... it will be a rough awakening [losing the big job and having to accept a much more limited one) for sure."

In my coaching, more professionals from a broad range of generations have this kind of lament: I used to head a unit and with all the goodies I made about a half a million a year.

Or course the expectation is the context can be replicated post-layoff or termination with cause. In boomer times, that could happen. The joke was even: Get fired and walk across the street and get hired at 20% more salary. 

What's becoming the new usual is that the good times may never roll again. That means managing your finances for ordinary times. The ordinary currently is including months or even years of unemployment or underemployment. To get through that you'll need socked away enough funds to pay for the bills until you land work, for a while. 

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