Yesterday was my last official day of work. This is a little off course from the plan of the last 5 years--- I was supposed to get myself down to just clumping hours here and there as projects develop, but 'straw that broke the camel's back' type of thing left me to just quit entirely.
When I went from salaried to hourly, my payrate was calculated to be (gross pay)/(40*52) but I thought it should be (gross pay + retirement + insurance)/(40*48) to account for actual compensation divided by number of actual hours worked in a year. Overall discrepancy meant I would be paid 2/3 of my regular salaried rate, while adding significantly more value to the position since I would only be working the hours actually needed to do the job with no dead time.
This all was a 1 year ago, and for reasons I won't go into, I couldn't just quit or negotiate to the proper amount. That all changed a month ago, so I told my boss I would quit unless my payrate was adjusted to the proper amount--- a 50% increase. He was sympathetic and knows our financial situation, but because of bureaucracy, it wasn't possible. Yesterday I backed up all my files and handed in my keys and badge.
If my position can be offered again, at an equivalent or better rate to what I had been paid originally, I'll take it, but am in no hurry and don't need it. The work is interesting and most people are jealous of what I get to do, but I've held a grudge the last year over feeling like I was being taken advantage of and not appreciated. Finding MMM and accumulating the FU money is what made this possible. I'd have gotten to this point eventually, but this site has really accelerated the process. My story isn't epic, and even though I've been very open with my coworkers about planning in the last 5 years, it seems to still be a shock now that reality has hit.