POV: Your Boss Cut Your Pay 15% to "Teach You a Lesson" — He Didn't Know About Your Walk-Away Fund

4:52 on a Friday. Your hourly rate crossed out in red pen. "A little hunger keeps a man sharp," he says. "Where are you going to go?" What he doesn't know is that you have eleven months of expenses sitting in a plain savings account. On Monday morning there's an envelope on his desk. An illustrative fictional story, not financial, tax or legal advice. Results vary. Nate's Money Map: the choices behind a quieter financial life.