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The new company I’m at now sent me an email from an email address that was HR@companyName.careers saying I was accepted for the position. They gave me paperwork to fill out and sign to accept the position
I fill out the paperwork and send it back to them and it goes through… then a few days later I go back to the email to say something else and I get this…?
Then today I got a check from the company In the mail to setup my home office, and it’s signed by someone I’ve never met before or heard of…?
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As someone in a mid-level role, I can relate and see that the frustration is totally valid. From what I’ve seen, though, those leadership roles come with a lot more responsibility and pressure even if it’s not always obvious. Juggling big-picture decisions, managing people, and carrying the weight of the team’s success or failure. So I think that along with the flexibility or money, it’s also a different kind of workload and stress. Still, it doesn’t always feel balanced. That's my POV
I have been in a situation where my boss who makes over $200k per year, rarely at work, takes forever to approve projects completed while I sit making less than $90k. I am here every day and do all the grunt work. I see it but not a lot I can do about it. I just keep doing my job. So, yes people do really feel that way.
As long as there is hierarchy, the “us vs.them” mentality will flourish. Unfortunately, the reality is that experience and emotional maturity are the only things that can champion this. As they gain more ownership, accountability, and start wearing the company hat they will understand how far from the truth this perception is.
Tell those people to take a look at Execs' calendars. They are jam-packed day after day. Most execs work more, longer, and take on responsibility and accountability for entire teams. They get paid accordingly. But a lot of people just have an us v them attitude and you won't change it.
Most independent contributors do not have packed days full of meetings.
I used to feel that way. I remember sitting in the "pit" of cubicles looking at the ppl in their offices, some working, some on calls, others visiting and laughing, and the rest behind the conference room doors talking about God knows what. I remember thinking, "What do they do but get on my nerves?"
Now I am here - I'm the person in the corner office. And while I feel like I finally made it from the pit, I now understand that this is not glamorous at all. This is stressful. This is more than 40 hours a week. This is building strategy and trying to convince others to get buy-in. This is research and development. This feels unfair. This is hard work.
And now, I miss the pit.
As a mid-level supervisor, this is a mentality that many workers share. They don't realize that managers aren't physically taxed, they are mentally taxed. It's just a different kind of stress and a different level of work. People that complain should be forced to be supervisor for a day, lol
While I think people don’t always appreciate the extra work pressure people higher may have I think the opposite is also true, there’s still pressure to get things done regardless of the task. That combined with the fact executive to average pay can now be closer to 200:1 rather than 20:1 I don’t think that sentiment is uncommon. Understanding each others roles better and ensuring people can voice concerns about their compensation is always good.
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M1- for too many CEOs it’s $300-400:1
That makes no sense despite how it’s framed.
So worse than I thought? Reality is as cost of living goes up there’s going to be resentment with wage disparity no matter how much work higher ups are doing.
No, never noticed the A team groups and management getting away with visibly poor calls, blatant favoritism, open alcohol and other issues or other nonsense.
At no point did the 5 million dollar a year CEO make a point of systematically dismantling the profitable growth centers his predecessor built in order to try and sell off the entire enterprise and get a seat on their board. Then when the whole scheme fell apart kept the praise and the deferred salary for years afterwards.
All it takes is someone who knows how to properly herd a board, committee or group of managers and it turns into something worthy of Dilbert or despair.com.
Ad infinitum ad nauseum.