My neighbor who spent 22 years at the same insurance office told me he turned down 3 promotions on purpose

Gavin Sanchez · 2026-09-16T20:45:04.813189+00:00

I ran into him while he was watering his lawn on Saturday and he said he did the math back in 2009 and decided the extra $12k a year was not worth the meetings and the travel. He told me nobody in his family ever said a word about it, and he retired at 58 without a single regret. Does anyone here actually know someone who pulled that off, or does turning down the promotion always end up coming back to bite you?

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