0-29 is "Gentle Breeze" (still observing), 30-54 is "Rising Warmth" (the seeds are sprouting), 55-79 is "Strong Current" (you can feel the pull), and 80-100 is "Ready to Fly" (your heart already packed). But honestly, the index is not a verdict — it's a mirror. A 40 with no support system can hurt more than a 70 with savings ready. Read the number alongside how you actually feel.

No. Every checkbox you tick lives only in your browser tab — close it and everything is gone. We don't have a backend collecting "people who clicked manager + burnout"; we don't even know you took the test. The only thing recorded is an anonymous "someone opened this page" counter, which doesn't include any answers.

Completely normal. Your willingness to leave isn't a fixed personality trait; it's a weather report. A great Friday lunch with the team might drop you 15 points; a Sunday night staring at Monday's calendar could push you up 20. The pattern over weeks tells you more than any single number — if you keep landing in "Strong Current" no matter what week you take it, that itself is the answer.

Treat the score as a starting question, not an instruction. Three small moves help: (1) Notice which "reason" Chips you ticked the most — that's the real pain point, often more useful than the number itself. (2) Compare your "reasons" with your "preparations" — high reasons + zero preparations means the answer might be "start preparing" rather than "leave". (3) If your score is in Strong Current or higher, check the Living Expense Runway tool to convert "I want to leave" into "how many months can I afford to". The score doesn't decide; it just helps you ask better questions.

A bit of both, honestly. The 4-4-6 breathing genuinely calms your sympathetic nervous system in about 90 seconds, so your answers come from a less reactive place. But yes, it's also a soft "are you really ready to look at this?" gate — quizzes about your job hit different at 11pm after a bad meeting. If you're rushing through it and tempted to skip, that itself is information.

First, prick up your ears — when "none of these match" comes up strongly, your reason is usually either unusually personal (a specific person, a specific incident) or so big you haven't named it yet. Try this: write the reason in one sentence on a sticky note before retaking the test, then pick the 2-3 closest options. Often the score is still accurate because adjacent reasons capture most of the weight. If it remains stubbornly off, that's a sign your situation deserves a longer conversation than a quiz can hold.

There's no failing here. A low score just means today, the weights aren't piled up — and that's worth knowing too. The point of the tool is to honor what you actually feel, not to push you toward leaving. Plenty of people open this quiz on a particularly rough Tuesday and find their score lower than expected; that's a quiet kind of relief, not a verdict that your discomfort isn't real. "Wanting a change occasionally" and "needing to leave" are different signals, and both deserve respect.

There's no built-in share button yet — partly because the answers are private by design (they live only in your browser), and partly because we're still thinking about how to do it without leaking sensitive answer details into a URL. For now, the simplest path is a screenshot of just the score and tier name, sent to one trusted person. If you want a public-facing version (a status badge, "I scored 78 today" card), let us know via Issues — we're listening.