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[quote=Anonymous]Hi, answering a few questions below.

- the bad culture comes from the person who would be my new boss (who is one level below the CEO) so would be hard to change that overall. While I do like and know him, I have never worked for him and have heard from others on the team that the job is his life (he is married but never had kids). He is known for working people to the bone, demanding perfection, etc. so a bit weary going into that since I have a good work life balance now.

- they didn’t discuss my specific package with me since they want me to take the role, but I have heard from others that it’s between 6 weeks to 3 months max. I know some colleagues who have left the company over the past couple years and it has taken them a solid 9-12 months to land their next role. Could be faster but senior level roles in what I want to do are not the most plentiful at companies and maybe try to promote from within if they can. I also have a 12 month non-compete but unclear what happens with that if I take a package (and I know there is recent litigation around non-competes as well).

- they are not open to entertaining other ideas for roles right now. Maybe down the line but given that they are doing so much downsizing and streamlining they don’t want to discuss anything else until the dust settles. My only other option to stay at the company would be to take a demotion if there is an open role at a lower level I am interested in, but don’t think that makes any sense.

- while financially we could swing it for a year, it would not be ideal and we would need to really scale back and make some sacrifices. My kids are both in lower elementary so they are gone all day and I know I would be beyond bored.

I have to accept by Weds or they are moving on to someone else who is second in line for the role.[/quote]

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