Every promotion made me less able to leave
The raise arrives. The commitments arrive faster. Nobody is doing this to you on purpose, which is exactly why it keeps happening.
Essays
Writing
One idea at a time. Usually with a number in it, and often with something I got wrong.
The two numbers
You know what you earn to the rupee. You have never worked out how long you could last without it. One of those decides what you can do on a Monday.
"Be more strategic" is not feedback
It is advice shaped like a sentence and empty inside. Here is what is actually being asked for, in behaviours you can practise on Monday.
Your employer owns more of you than you think
Salary, equity, health cover, network, skills and identity. Draw the map and it stops looking like a career and starts looking like a concentrated bet.
The pay cut that pays back
A real decision, run through both columns. Thirty percent less cash, better work, uncertain equity. Here is the arithmetic and the number that decides it.
More arriving weekly. The letter gets them first.