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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is the option really so binary? If you're willing to leave, why not push back on the demanding part. Set boundaries. What's the worst that can happen -- it doesn't work out and you leave. Or tell your employer that you want to be more flexible and go to a 32 hour week (80%). That might mean more than 32 hours but it signals that you are able to say no to things.

Those years do go fast but fills your bucket is important and, my hunch is, you like working. Maybe not as much as you are now but overall.[/quote]

I don't know about OP but in my corporate environment setting boundaries puts you on the chopping block in the next layoff round which seems to be every 2 years or so.  I know DCUM loves their boundaries talk, but IRL with these highly paid jobs, it's so competitive that you will be instantly replaced by someone who trades their life and health for a 10% increase to the company.  Mostly men, but women increasingly too.

OP, can you wait for the next layoff and get the severance, then take 2 years until it picks up and turn into consulting?[/quote]

Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t. Regardless if OP is considering quitting anyway then maybe it’s fine for her to take the risk.

If I were OP, I’d try to step back a bit at work and take ALL my vacation.  
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