How many of you have "FU Money" or an "FU Reputation"? 🖕🏻🖕🏼🖕🏽🖕🏾🖕🏿

jikajika·Nov 16, 2021

FU Money = You have enough money in the bank where you can walk away from an employer that is not treating your right, or paying you right, without hesitation

FU Reputation = You have established a good enough reputation/brand where you're getting offers - from individuals, brands, or companies - every day.

Either is good to have.

Both is better.

Iynna·Nov 17, 2021

I used to have a sizeable FU fund until I got to business school 😉 well that FU fund was for the MBA so it evens out!Not sure I have FU reputation yet but aspiring to it!

laelski·Nov 17, 2021

Hopefully your MBA will help you build back up that FU fund in no time! 💪

Iynna·Nov 17, 2021

YESSSSS that’s the goal!

sigridviaene·Nov 17, 2021

I find myself to have a comfortable cushion - not FU Money- and I'm combining it with a FU Lifestyle. I make and have made choices (and was handed some by privileges like education & network ) that give me the freedom to prioritize.

laelski·Nov 17, 2021

Im not even close to having either, but I aspire to FU money someday!

jikajika·Nov 18, 2021

Me & you. We'll get there...😏

maggiewolff·Nov 17, 2021

I have some cash/stocks, but it's being socked away for a down payment and also to pay off my grad school loans starting next year, so not exactly FU Money but I could dip into it if necessary. I don't quite have offers coming in every day, but I've had multiple people in my network let me know if I'm ever looking for a new role, they'd do what they could to get me one on their team or at their company or refer me to anyone in their network.

jikajika·Nov 18, 2021

That's awesome! For both, but especially the latter.

Viki41·Nov 20, 2021

I've built a pretty comfortable cash cushion outside of my stocks/investments to cover quite a few years of living if I needed to. I'm still early in my career (early 30's) so don't consider it FU money, but it did let me have the freedom to walk away from a longtime job that wasn't giving me the growth and engagement I was looking for anymore.I'm not sure what qualifies as FU money but I suspect a lot of it also has to do with the attitude

jikajika·Nov 21, 2021

Nope. That counts!

madien·Dec 03, 2021

LOL, great question. I don't think I had FU Money for much of my career, being a Gen1 immigrant. But I aspire to place my kid on a better footing than that! I also have had no FU Reputation, sadly (or is it my low-self-esteem or imposter syndrome talking?) I've had recruiters calling me but I worked in a hot skills market. Anyway. Now as an indy business owner, I do have a good standing but I still have to do work to get work :-) (which is normal IMO).But I want to add a third component to the mix: (and this is just for fun, don't mean to hijack the thread) -- how about asking if anyone has a FU Talent? This is a skill that can help you switch careers relatively easily if the need be. For example, interior design, real estate, skill with numbers etc. I have known very talented women who have done this:-- Electrical Engineer turned into Loan Agent -- Software Engineer turned restaurant owner-- Biotech engineer turned yoga teacher

jikajika·Dec 04, 2021

I'm a Mechanical Engineer turned Content Marketing Manager😄A staple FU Talent is copywriting.If you can do that, you can go into any industry you want and make bank. And we're all working on our FU Money & Reputation. Don't you worry about it. We'll get there 😉

Hyon176·May 01, 2023

Would love to have an FU Reputation! That is such a great way of putting it 🤩