CHAPTER 4It Doesn't Pay to Stay
What We Really, Really Want
It's been a rough week at the office.
Your supervisor blamed you for a colleague's mistake, and rather than fess up, the colleague threw you under the bus. Rough.
The six last‐minute meetings on Wednesday destroyed your workflow, and you had to grind until 1:00 a.m. on Thursday morning in order to catch up. Also, rough.
Due to a random change of heart, the 50‐slide deck that was due next quarter is now due first thing Monday. Again, rough.
On Friday, your paycheck was direct‐deposited into your bank account and, considering your crap week, it felt small. Really small. Again, rough.
And here is the rub: everyone, and we mean everyone, who left your company seems to have landed on their feet. Their LinkedIn updates overflow with glowing reports about their new onboarding and generous pay hike.
You're in a bad space, which has got you thinking: Are they really earning more than me? Am I the fool to be left behind? And if the answer is yes, is it time to update my resume?
The answer is a solid…maybe.
On the one hand, yeah, you like your current job security and you're comfortable with the social situation at the office, and job security and comfort are hugely important. Plus, there's no guarantee that a round of office roulette will land you in a better situation vis‐a‐vis office politics or the workload. But all your former colleagues at least seem to be better off than you—financially, physically, and spiritually. (You're ...
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