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You can’t have it both ways. You forced this person into it, against the grain, and now that they want to leave you’re surprised? It’s a tough pill to swallow
by whalesalad 3y ago
You can’t have it both ways. You forced this person into it, against the grain, and now that they want to leave you’re surprised?
It’s a tough pill to swallow but hopefully you learn something about human nature from this experience and don’t become resentful/bitter about it.
This is like purchasing a mail order bride, relocating them to your country, and then being shocked when they decide they want to be in a different relationship because it wasn’t what they thought it would be. Can you blame them? We owe nothing to anyone except our children and our pets.
You’re piling a lot of guilt and shame and pressure onto this individual for leaving but at the end of the day the buck stops with you. Gotta be better about choosing who you work with, and how you do that.
- jupp0r 3y ago> We owe nothing to anyone except our children and our pets. While I agree with the general sentiment of your post, this seems like a pretty sad world view. We as humans do form connections and I'm happy I owe people and they owe me, even if at the end of the day, family will always come first.
- GianFabien 3y agoYes, we do form connections. The key to successful connections is when it is to the mutual benefit of both parties. When a more powerful person persuades a risk averse person to take the risks associated with being a co-founder, the relationship is on rocky ground right from the start.