Reply #8: I worked out of my house in SOuth Carolina for a small company

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in Atlanta for about 5 years when a year ago I got an offer from a big company here in SC for much more money.

I gave my notice and left on good terms and went to the large company for far more money and better benefits then I had ever made. I hated the new job.

After being miserable for 8 months, I was chatting on the phone with a former colleague and mentioned how miserable I was and she proceeded to beg me to come back. I quit the new job and went back to the old job for more money then I had made before, but less then I made at the new place.

Now I'm back with the old gig, working out of my basement and am pretty much my own boss.

My advice- leave the old job under very good terms. When you are gone they will realize how much they relied upon you and if you decide you don't like the new gig, you will be welcomed back to the old, probably with a chance to work from home.