Anything can happen at a company at any time, but I think this new job is actually going relatively well? It’s by no means some kind of adventure of imagination or something, but it does tick these boxes, which is rare:
☑️ Non-evil (possibly even helpful) with little chance of me getting turned into a tool again
☑️ People generally seem cool with me changing things that don’t make sense without making me prove why before a jury
☑️ Not boring enough that I have to create weird (usually ineffective) incentives throughout the day
☑️ OK with my four days per week schedule
The big box it doesn’t check, though is:
🔲 Employer-provided health insurance
My last employer-provided insurance was worse than the kind I can buy on the exchange, though, so I’m now OK with that. Bar lowered!