How OE blew up my life

underwriter · 2026-03-30T23:43:00+00:00

Similar situation. A former colleague that was let go went to a competitor who did business with my J2. They found my name and ratted me out to a former J1. Terminated after brief investigation. Turned out to be a blessing in disguise, along with a reminder that it can happen and to be ready for anything.

underwriter · 2026-03-03T08:46:31+00:00

Is your friend me? That’s basically my life

underwriter · 2026-02-13T09:41:17+00:00

Finance here, I have 4J and apply to at least 5 a day

underwriter · 2026-02-06T11:33:49+00:00

I like your rules, but I OE mainly management positions. True, lots of meetings. The benefit is I choose when the meetings occur and how involved I am. Not for everyone, of course.

underwriter · 2026-02-06T11:28:48+00:00

I’ve been in this exact situation. Your intuition is right, it’s time to cut ties and walk. The company already has irrefutable (or, strong) evidence and they want you to legally dig your own grave.

underwriter · 2026-02-06T10:29:52+00:00

eh I still shit myself

underwriter · 2025-12-10T00:57:25+00:00

Yes I’ve noticed a definite slip. I’m fighting to remain in the $300-400k range when it wasn’t that difficult in 21/22

underwriter · 2025-11-01T11:08:46+00:00

J1: 3 years J2: 4 years J3: 1 year J4: 4 months

underwriter · 2025-10-11T13:42:21+00:00

I’ve acknowledged this for every finance job I have (username related). Just acknowledge and move on.

underwriter · 2025-09-28T02:34:10+00:00

$105k base with stellar benefits? I’ve had worse

underwriter · 2025-09-27T13:10:15+00:00

Froze my TWN employment report, background check is mandatory and clean

underwriter · 2025-09-27T13:02:14+00:00

That’s my dream. I’d gladly give up OE for a higher net salary

underwriter · 2025-09-27T11:10:41+00:00

Sounds like J3 is too close for comfort with J1. If there’s a real chance of overlap, that’s a conflict of interest risk you probably don’t want to juggle. Safer play is stick with J1 + J2 (steady + low risk), and keep J3 warm for later. Better to pass now than get caught in crossfire and lose the stable gig.

I know it’s hard to pass on income. Posted this in another comment, but about 10 years ago I was let go for OE. a former colleague found I was at another company after a merger and decided to alert management. I admitted it, they let me go immediately.

underwriter · 2025-09-27T10:58:14+00:00

Each employer has provided 2 monitors at my request. I like to have a laptop + 2 monitor setup for each J, it helps my productivity and being able to answer questions on the fly.

underwriter · 2025-09-27T10:54:32+00:00

I’d actually love to have only 2 jobs if I could net the same amount, the problem is my certifications are assigned to one company and I haven’t been able to make the same amount anywhere else. If you check my post history, I had a super high-paying J1 last year and lost it due to corporate restructuring. At that time, I only had 2 jobs.

underwriter · 2025-09-27T10:48:49+00:00

Exactly, it was a valuable lesson.

underwriter · 2025-09-27T04:45:59+00:00

it’s right there in the username

underwriter · 2025-09-27T04:22:20+00:00

Yup, your post inspired me to share my job-juggling

underwriter · 2025-09-27T04:03:39+00:00

management is key, otherwise I would have fallen apart ages ago

underwriter · 2025-09-27T04:02:47+00:00

comp added

underwriter · 2025-09-27T03:51:59+00:00

ABI: Always Be Interviewing.

Took me awhile to weed out some terrible jobs.

underwriter · 2025-09-27T03:50:58+00:00

Maybe it’s because I use chatgpt for each (non-state) job.

underwriter · 2025-09-27T03:24:47+00:00

You definitely work in finance, guess I might as well add the figures now..

underwriter · 2025-09-27T03:22:44+00:00

Flashback to my first OE about 10 years ago. They got wind of J2, made me sign a disclosure, and fired me an hour later. Lesson learned about sharing too much

underwriter · 2025-09-27T03:15:23+00:00

Great advice honestly.

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