Exit story · Fintech
I Solo On-Called For 14 Months. Here's The Math On What That Actually Cost Me.
QuietQuitter_Marcus·Quiet Quitter Pro
Ex-HyperScale FinCorp·Backend Engineer II·Payments Infra·3 years, 1 month·New York, NY
· Left in 2026
8.2
Toxicity
The LinkedIn Spin
Proud of what our team built at HyperScale over the last few years. On to a new chapter!
The Unfiltered Truth
They never backfilled the teammate who left. I was the only on-call for the payments pipeline for 14 straight months — 61 weekend pages, 9 of them after midnight. When I asked for a raise that reflected that, I was told "everyone wears multiple hats here." I now wear one hat. It fits.
Exhibit A · Manager Receipt
“"Everyone wears multiple hats here. Comp is reviewed annually." — Director, reply to my 14-month on-call summary”
Red flags
- #Solo On-Call
- #No Backfill
- #Compensation Stagnation
Reality check
Work-life balance
1/5
Management sanity
3/5
Compensation reality
2/5
Gaslighting frequency
3/5