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Are you poachable?
No really, are you?
If you’ve been on social media lately, you’ve probably seen that Meta is trying to poach OpenAI engineers with $100 million offers.
But beyond the tea and drama, it got me thinking, if you were anywhere around this scenario (in Papeeyah’s voice 😄), would anyone be fighting to steal you?
I’ve given you gist before on:
But today, let’s face the mirror for a minute.
Do you actually deserve that raise you’ve been shouting about?
Or is “the economy is hard” your only pitch?
Do you do good work? Like really good work? Or what are you doing to get better at what you do?
Okay, okay, I know this is starting to sound like an aspire to maguire sermon.
But you can take it as your mid-year wake-up call.
You’re welcome 🫢
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“My Boss Said He’d Sleep on the Couch During the Retreat. I Woke Up and He Was By My Bed”
It happened during a company retreat last quarter.
We were staying at some resort outside town. Management said there weren’t enough rooms, so people had to share.
I was originally paired with another lady from my team.
Then out of nowhere, HR pulled her aside that evening and said she was being moved to another room. No proper explanation o, HR just said “logistics issues.”
Barely 15 minutes later, my line manager, a man in his late 30s, knocked on the door.
“I heard your roommate got reassigned. I’ll just crash on the couch for tonight, don’t worry.”
I was uncomfortable, but it was late, we were far from anywhere familiar, and I didn’t want to start drama. So I just said okay.
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Unwind For The New Week
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