There have been a few exjw Circuit Overseers that have woken up, left the Organization and have posted their experience on exjwreddit. All of them deleted their accounts not long after for fear someone might figure out who they were.
It’s not easy waking up as a Circuit Overseer. Worse than a regular JW waking up.
For one thing, they
literally left everything to become a full time Circuit Overseer.
Gave up their Job, Sold their house, furniture, car, etc., all the
things that takes Years to accumulate. It's not like an elder who wakes up while serving because he still has his job, his house, and his family. He is not tied down and dependent on the WT to help him and his wife financially.
And after serving for some 5 years and up, one CO said it’s very difficult to just leave the Circuit work after waking up, and try to find a job in the Real World.
First there’s the problem of trying to wake up your wife while being in the Circuit work. That may take years or it may never happen.
Then there’s family who looks up to you and brags to everyone that their son is in the Circuit work and their daughter married a Circuit Overseer.
Leaving the Circuit Work takes a lot of counting the cost. Is the Circuit Overseer too old to go back and try to find a decent job, or will he wind up scrounging around doing Hard Labor for minimal pay?
Will he be labeled an apostate like Ray Franz and lose all contact and help from family?
Will it be better for him to just continue as a Circuit Overseer, and let the Watchtower continue to care for his and his wife's needs. Most receive a small pension from the Watchtower till they die.
The ex-Circuit
Overseer said in his post that there are a lot of Circuit Overseers
that figured out it was all a sham. An organization run by idiotic
men. But that it was better that they continue for the sake of their
spouse’s health. Most of them have actually become agnostic or atheist by this point.Think about that for a while. Circuit Overseers who are secretly agnostic or atheist going around from kingdom Hall to Kingdom Hall teaching Watchtower Ideology.
Usually when they wake up, like most jws, they are already to old and with no specialize education to even consider quitting the Circuit Overseer work and going back into the workforce. Some Circuit Overseers started the work too young to even build enough Credits to collect Social Security.
So here is a post from a recent PIMO jw who attended the Circuit Overseer’s visit.
I joined the meeting on Zoom today and Circuit Overseers lost touch with the Flock!
I don’t even think they believe themselves anymore. He sounded like a corporate guy, just there to do his little thing and keep his job.
No emotions, very plain and monotone talk. Not many illustrations or laughs.
Same message, we are under attack, immorality, apostasy and materialism.
Follow the elders.
It’s so sad, nothing happy or encouraging. Just doom and gloom. Even they must be tired of giving the same talk every week. I could tell. I wholeheartedly felt bad for my friends there to top it all off, the WT study is boring if I close my eyes its 1994, same comments only this time it’s elderly people only. Not a lot of youth engaging anymore.
Here is an example of some of the replies to this post;
Example 1
😬And now let's give our attention to our Circuit Overseer as he talks about JOY in Jehovah's organization.
CO; "We're in the Last days, Armageddon, Apostates, Obey, you're a sinner"
"Thank you Brother for that uplifting Talk" 😬
😬😬😬😬Clap-Clap-Clap-Clap.................
Example 2
Do they “teach” anything besides: obey Jehovah’s organization (and the local elders), avoid apostates, do not succumb to critical thinking . . .
This shit is getting weird.
The Circuit Overseer Arrangement is DYING!