How can I be this pathetic ?
It started in half 2024, I was high performer in my team so my boss was happy with me. He appointed me to lead my team. My bad was that I not asking for a higher salary because I thought I should prove my capability first.
A year passed by, I indeed capable to deliver the results which exceeds what previous leaders could do. What sucks is the management seems to be not care of what I achieved. No increment at all. Also the fact that my salary actually not the highest compared to the people I lead is the suckest feeling I got.
Mad
Now that I know that my former company did not appreciate my work, I decided to leave despite not having a better offer, I believed I could do better off my self.
The reality
Turns out, the reality is not that what expected. I learned, do, and build stuffs but none of these not even produce a single cent of money. Worst is I will have a daughter next year in this condition and in this economy . What went wrong is I make a decision driven by emotion which lead me here.
What I learned
- Don’t leave money on the table, bargain while you can. I should have asked for a fair salary before accepting the promotion
- Don’t make decision based on emotion, calculate the risks and prepare for the worst.
- Plan well. Actually I was planning to do dropshipping and making digital products. But boy, I was naive, I don’t know to do marketing and turns out marketing sometimes cost you money or time or mostly both time and money. But I have only time.
Bottom line
Don’t be like me. Be better guys.