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Well… yes definitely. You are worth more than your salary, otherwise your employer wouldn’t keep you around. The problem is that it’s definitely a lot easier t
by appplication 3y ago
Well… yes definitely. You are worth more than your salary, otherwise your employer wouldn’t keep you around.
The problem is that it’s definitely a lot easier to just cruise along, punch 40 hours, and leave work at work. Startup founder life is rough. I don’t blame anyone for not wanting to extract that worth from themselves.
- nine_zeros 3y agoIt is not easy to cruise along in some large corps. You always have to be on guard about layoffs or managers throwing you under the bus. Not always true but it only needs to happen once to you for your 40 hour cruising to end. At that point, you will question why you spent so much time slaving away.
- pixl97 3y agoBecause in the US at least the probability of you breaking your leg and going into medical debt then losing everything because you don't have insurance is far higher.
- doubleg72 3y agoFrom a broken leg? Doubtful.
- bugbuddy 3y agoCheck ambulance fees and the average savings stats. It might not be so far fetched.
- pixl97 3y agoAnd yet the majority of Americans cannot afford a surprise $1000 dollar expense. My daughter broke her leg just over a month ago. I have decent insurance and my out of pocket expenses were still close to $2000 alone with in network coverage. I think a lot of HNers are somewhat wealthy middle class+ with cash in the bank, or not from the US so they have no clue how out of control these kinds of expenses are.