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Meeting with current and prospective clients is not leisure, it's stressful as fuck even if it's over dinner.
by cm2012 2y ago
Meeting with current and prospective clients is not leisure, it's stressful as fuck even if it's over dinner.
- givemeethekeys 2y agoI'm sure it isn't so stressful that they're quitting in large numbers for less stressful roles.
- mulmen 2y agoIs it 39x more stressful than destroying your body on a factory floor so you can feed your kids?
- nunez 2y agoWhen some of the meetings and decisions execs make affects the livelihood of huge groups of those people, I'd say "it can be sometimes"
- cm2012 2y agoI've never been a CEO of a big company, but I've been the CEO of a company that did $5m a year in business. I've also worked for $6 an hour sweeping, busked on the subway, and been the lowest paid person at a few companies besides. The CEO role had by far the most stress, to the point it caused me debilitating health issues.
- swader999 2y agoI would take the physical job any day over the leadership type manager roles if pay was the same. Way less stress and conflict. I volunteered for a sports club for the last decade plus, was president for half that. Did amazing things, hired tens of coaches etc. I have way more fun now that I've passed the torch and just help out at events. I got PTSD and burnout one particularly bad season while prez.
- mulmen 2y ago> I would take the physical job any day over the leadership type manager roles if pay was the same. Nobody is suggesting this but you. It’s understandable that leadership would make more money. But 39x more money is harder to justify, especially with historical context.