Does anybody ever attempt one thing for greater than 6 months anymore?
I used to work at a startup as a graphic designer, within the advertising division. A number of years after I joined, one other woman joined a unique division, and a yr into her tenure there, I overheard her complain about her pay to her supervisor at an organization occasion.
She stated that she had been on the firm for a yr and was prepared for the subsequent step in her profession, that she thought she deserved higher pay and extra duties. After a yr.
As one might guess, she didn’t guet what she requested for, and 6 months later she left the corporate. She discovered a job as a supervisor in one other startup, most likely with the pay bump she had been in search of, however not with the proper set of abilities, which she had been honing for lower than 2 years (she was contemporary out of enterprise college and had little expertise within the “actual work” world).
1 yr after she left, our startup was acquired for $30 million, and all of us benefited financially from that exit due to our worker share program. And for those who’re already considering “Properly, nevertheless it’s not simply in regards to the cash, it’s additionally about being completely satisfied along with your job, and pursuing a profession that excites you.” I 100% agree, however what for those who might have each? What for those who had…
