Would you leave your 25+ year job to go to a startup?

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If you don’t have equity after 25 years, leave. You should be wearing some massive golden handcuffs at this point.

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I have worked for many private companies with RSUs. A long-time employee should 100% have stock.

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If I could afford a risk right now, yes I would

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Depends on how close I was to hanging it up. If I’m under 5 years to retirement I would slug it out and go out to pasture. If i have over 5 years and it was exciting and made sense long term then go for it. Esp if equity is involved and the company is moving to buy out

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What’s the catch, trade off or difference? This would be my first question. If you’re just looking for something inspiring and a change of pace, do it! I loved working for a start up and it was so much better than corporate. But are you giving up time (extra hours), money (lower comp) or something else?

Overall - I’d go back to a start up in a heart beat as long as I could pay my bills. Equity is a good option to work into to comp, bonuses, and sign-on bonus are all important.

But (and I’m assuming here - we know how that can go), that you’re looking for something different, a change or a truly exciting challenge based on your VP role. My advise is do it, worst case scenario - you can probably get back into a corporate VP role if you needed to. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Sabbatical can only be taken twice min 10 years

If I wanted to, yes.

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Not without a huge next egg

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My brother got hired in a start up, and after 10 years they got bought up by a huge corporation, and when that happened everyone in the company at that time got HUGE company share pay outs, he became an instant millionaire, and so did everyone else in the company. So yeah I would.

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Warehouse yes

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