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It is painfully obvious from your message that you haven't ever been in an executive position. As an exec, you would ask that person to come for maybe the first
by vntok 6y ago
It is painfully obvious from your message that you haven't ever been in an executive position. As an exec, you would ask that person to come for maybe the first two or three meetings, tops.
Then you acknowledge that said person is lazy, condescending or something else but definitely not a team player that's for sure. And you move on.
Then you attend a decision-making meeting where you are to recommend a handful of people to your exec peers for equity, raises, spinoffs or carveouts.
Guess whose name won't even come to your mind when assessing the company's rising stars ?
Edit: "I neglected meetings that seemed unnecessary" see that? That's condescension. Neglect. Laziness. No conspiracy needed when self-undoing is a certainty.
- phaemon 6y agoHeh, is the defining characteristic of being in an executive position, that you consider meetings more important than your core product? They were never going to get equity. Life is not fair.
- phaemon 6y ago> It is painfully obvious from your message that you haven't ever been in an executive position Oh, hang on, it's suddenly occurred to me that you're being so defensive because you're in a similar situation and hoping for the best? No son, don't rely on "recommendations" or "positive meetings". If it's not in writing, it's worth nothing. Get it written down and fuck the "rising stars" bullshit. If it's worth anything, it's in the contract. You can thank me later, kid.
- vntok 6y agoSwing and a miss, I moved to freelancing a decade ago and never looked back.