There are a number of employee / employer relationship types.
I remember when I left a big Firm to go to a smaller company, I asked for equity.
- Adversarial - "I am exerting my power over you."
- Transactional - "You do this for me. I pay you something in return."
- Trust-based and collaborative- "I like you and I trust you. Let's work together to build something meaningful. "
I remember when I left a big Firm to go to a smaller company, I asked for equity.
After all, I'd established a reputation in the business and inflated my ego -- I deserved a percentage of the company that I was joining.
"Ah the naivete."
Instead, the counteroffer was an hourly wage. I might as well been the union worker in the tire plant that I worked for right out of college, except that I had no union representative to help me file a grievance.
The hourly wage is what defines the mechanical turk. (Read anything Seth Godin to fully appreciate what this means.)
Don't sell yourself short and accept that you are a cog in your employer's wheel of fortune. Because the one that ends up paying for it is you.
"Ah the naivete."
Instead, the counteroffer was an hourly wage. I might as well been the union worker in the tire plant that I worked for right out of college, except that I had no union representative to help me file a grievance.
The hourly wage is what defines the mechanical turk. (Read anything Seth Godin to fully appreciate what this means.)
Don't sell yourself short and accept that you are a cog in your employer's wheel of fortune. Because the one that ends up paying for it is you.
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