hostile23,
at least it takes some courage and determination for your decision.
Many pilots complain but only few take consequences like you. Most keep on going the comfortable way of not changing anything. If there were more decisions like yours some bad developments in aviation mainly based upon abusing pilot’s passion for their job had not taken place, e.g. this ridiculous paying for type ratings, and enduring the deterioration of their working conditions in general.
Unfortunately, the best times in aviation are gone, and this decay in general applies for all aviation companies I have heard about. The pioneer times in aviation are history and today it is all about cost cutting and shareholder value.
In some European countries surveys have taken place about young people’s ambitions for their favourite job. For many years becoming a pilot was always amongst the top three for male teens. In the latest surveys it was not even in the top ten. Obviously the reputation of a pilot job is diminishing just as the working conditions.
Nevertheless, I really hope that you will be happy with your decision and meanwhile things haven’t worsened in your former company, too.
Good luck man!