Remote employee turns down a job offer for $200,000 per year, putting self-care ahead of financial gain, gets roasted by friends and family: ‘My quality of life [is] worth more than a fat paycheck'

This 29-year-old put their personal well-being above a short-term cash-grab, baffling his friends and family and sending his brain into overthinking mode. Would you turn down $200k if you knew it would uproot your entire life, demolish your inner peace, and potentially send you spiraling? 

There's a short list of positive societal changes that have come out of the last 5 years, but one of the only improvements for the working class is the increased opportunity for remote work. Once you work out of the comfort of your own home, your local coffee shop, or pretty much anywhere you feel like being at the moment, it starts to put into perspective how silly, benign, and time-wasting your office life was in the past.

How much time have you wasted in the car commuting to work? How many 'business casual' penguin suits have gathered dust in your closet? And how many times have you failed to dodge small talk in the breakroom from your nosy HR lady? Exactly–Now imagine a life without all of that… That's what it's like to work remote. 

So when the young employee in this next story was offered a huge career opportunity, he was torn. After several years of cultivating the perfect work environment from the comfort of his pajamas, u/Secret_Girlss was faced with a dilemma: Move to a big city for a high-pressure job for $200k or stay cozy in their rural town with a comfortable life? Read on to see how this young career person made a tough call seem quite simple.