India, Oct. 8 -- A woman earning around Rs.3.40 crore per year at Google decided to quit her "pleasant" job after realising she wanted more time with loved ones. According to CNBC, Florence Poirel, a former senior programme manager at Google in Zurich, Switzerland, left the tech giant in 2024 to focus on what she describes as "a life of purpose and balance."

Poirel, now 37, told CNBC Make It that she wasn't burned out or unhappy at Google. "By the time I left, I was absolutely not in a position of burnout. The team was pleasant. The work was pleasant enough as well," she said. What prompted her decision, instead, was "clarity."

"I realised how much quality time with the people I love is the most important," she explained. That included ...