I can't afford to retire yet and I don't have a four-year degree to get past recruiter/hiring manager filters. Despite having a ton more experience than any of their new hires will have. I also recently heard about a manager I used to work closely with who finally just got a job after 13 months of looking, after their WF layoff. This person is way more qualified than me, and took that long, with multiple networks working for them (I'm not that social), and multiple hundreds of resumes submitted.
I'm going to have a much harder time than that, despite glowing reviews for me.
I like being able to take weeks off when my kids are out of school. Going down to 2 weeks of paid vacation would impact that.
Plus, I have a great work-life balance being fully remote, with a manager who understands getting work done vs being at the desk 8 hours a day.
I still hate working here, but all things considered, it could be a lot worse.
So, at least for now, WF is paying for me to go back to school. On top of my already hectic life.