In today’s fast-paced world, it seems that people have lost the ability to commit to a single endeavor for an extended period of time.
As a graphic designer in the advertising division of a startup, I previously worked. Two years following my hiring, another female colleague was inducted into a distinct department, only to express discontent with her remuneration to her superior at a company gathering roughly a year later.
With a year of experience under her belt, she felt confident about taking the next professional leap, convinced that her hard work merited both a salary increase and additional responsibilities. After a yr.
It was no surprise that she failed to get what she asked for, ultimately leading her to depart the corporation six months later. She landed a supervisory role at another startup, likely accompanied by the pay increase she had been seeking, but without the necessary skills, which she had only begun to develop over less than two years since graduating from business school with limited real-world experience.
One year after her departure, our startup was unexpectedly acquired for a whopping thirty million dollars, resulting in a substantial financial windfall for each team member thanks to our innovative employee stock ownership scheme. What happens when we’re pondering and having both? What when you had…