preach.
there was that recent article here on HN about how the computer destroyed the human body, or something like that.
interesting tidbit was that Shoshana Zuboff, the awesome 'surveillance capitalism' teacher/author/activist, wrote a book back in the 80s studying what computers were doing to us.
yeah, i'd say it's hard to talk about staying put when we don't even have theoretical numbers to talk about.
for $500k payout? eh.
for $1M payout? stay.
that might be my calculous.
but depends on how bad it is.
micromanaging is brutal. it sounds like you're getting counter-offered. that would change things.
2 years is a _long_ time not to live up to your potential, not to be engaged, to be micromanaged, etc.
i'm interviewing lately, and get some gruff about moving around - only some of which were my choice. you run in the startup world, you get laid-off, acquisitions, etc. oddly enough, my last one was by a very large bank, so....
point is - i often want to ask folks, "You never had a monster boss? You never had an insanely dull work life and wanted to be engaged? You never wanted to try your own startup? You never wanted to live?"
My ideal would always be at a smaller company -- 5 people, 25 people, < 200 people.
If you're a FIRE type, then I'd advise staying put.
If you want to live a full life, bounce.
...ps, i'd also advise taking some of that hefty paycheck and finding an actual expert workplace consultant to find out how you might be able to fix the micromanagement, and/or anything else that needed urgent addressing. and even if you're too cheap to drop a little coin to try and fix your job situation, you can still _try_ to fix things. it most likely won't work, but as least you'll be a bit more satisfied that you actually tried. and that's regardless of whether you end up staying or going.