It's one thing to have fuck you money, it's another thing to realize you have fuck you money; and then it's a whole other thing to actually use that money to tell someone "fuck you".
Something I encourage everyone to do is figure out for themselves in advance how much money constitutes "fuck you" money, and set red lines in advance for what constitutes a "fuck you" scenario. It's too easy to be caught in the moment and think "but I don't have enough money to just tell them 'fuck you'" or "well is what they're doing really that bad?"
But even after you've done all that you're going to be thinking about the coworkers you get along with and the team you'll be letting down and second-guessing all that up-front assessment that's supposed to take all the emotion out of the decision.
It's one thing to have fuck you money, it's another thing to realize you have fuck you money; and then it's a whole other thing to actually use that money to tell someone "fuck you".
Something I encourage everyone to do is figure out for themselves in advance how much money constitutes "fuck you" money, and set red lines in advance for what constitutes a "fuck you" scenario. It's too easy to be caught in the moment and think "but I don't have enough money to just tell them 'fuck you'" or "well is what they're doing really that bad?"
But even after you've done all that you're going to be thinking about the coworkers you get along with and the team you'll be letting down and second-guessing all that up-front assessment that's supposed to take all the emotion out of the decision.
I tell people to fuck off all the time and I don’t have fuck you money.
It’s called not being a pussy.
When you have employees it does change the dynamics, because you're affecting their livelihood, too.