Burn the Map

Nearly 9,000 Microsoft employees have about a month to decide whether to take a voluntary retirement package. If this model works, they won't be the last.The financial details matter, but they're only part of the calculation.What you'll learn:What Microsoft's voluntary retirement program actually includes and the fine print that changes the math for most peopleWhy staying feels like the safe move, and why it isn'tHow to factor in the financial obligations most people calculate — and the ones they don'tWhy the options on the other side of this decision aren't visible from where you're standing right nowWhy if you're miserable and staying anyway, you may be the last person to know what it's costing youIf you're facing this decision, or you suspect you will be, this episode is for you.Shelley McIntyre is a midlife career transition coach for corporate professionals figuring out what comes next.She spent decades in corporate strategy and technology before leaving to build something of her own. Now she helps other midlife professionals do the same,  with structure, honesty, and without blowing up everything they've worked for.Work with Shelley:Own Your Edge Strategy Session: A 90-minute session to identify what's misaligned and map your next moves.https://burnthemapcoaching.com/own-your-edgeReinvention Partnership Program: Five months of high-touch coaching for midlife professionals leaving corporate and building what comes next. https://burnthemapcoaching.com/work-with-shelleyFree Guide: 4 Moves to Get Unstuckhttps://burnthemapcoaching.com/guide/Let’s connect: LinkedIn | Website  

Most conversations about being stuck in a miserable job focus on the person who's stuck: their identity, their fear, their eventual breaking point. This episode is about the people in the next room.When you stay in a job that wore out its welcome, the cost doesn't stay contained to you. Partners, family members, and close friends absorb your misery whether you intend that or not. And because you're focused on surviving each day, you often can't see it happening.What you'll learn:What prolonged job misery looks like from the outside, and why the person closest to you is doing a lot of emotional labor they didn't sign up forWhy the stories you tell yourself about staying (financial stability, loyalty, not disrupting the household) are real considerations that also help you avoid naming what you're actually afraid ofHow the corporate loyalty culture you grew up in makes leaving feel like a betrayal, even when the loyalty only ever flowed one wayThe difference between burden-sharing and burden-dumping, and why one requires a conversation that most people never haveWhy staying, if your goal is to protect the people you love, might be working against that goalIf you've been telling yourself you're staying for everyone else's sake, this episode will offer a different angle on that.Shelley McIntyre is a midlife career transition coach for corporate professionals figuring out what comes next.She spent decades in corporate strategy and technology before leaving to build something of her own. Now she helps other midlife professionals do the same,  with structure, honesty, and without blowing up everything they've worked for.Work with Shelley:Own Your Edge Strategy Session: A 90-minute session to identify what's misaligned and map your next moves.https://burnthemapcoaching.com/own-your-edgeReinvention Partnership Program: Five months of high-touch coaching for midlife professionals leaving corporate and building what comes next. https://burnthemapcoaching.com/work-with-shelleyFree Guide: 4 Moves to Get Unstuckhttps://burnthemapcoaching.com/guide/Let’s connect: LinkedIn | Website