The option for partner was there but that one firm stuff killed it for me. The years prior we operated primarily in silos with performance being contained to your individual silo. Everything changed after that with your equity payout pool being pooled with every other office across the country.
I had little interest in the poor performance of others dragging down my annual distribution, nor did I agree with firm wide spending on what I deemed to be non-constructive. Things like paying for DISC, personality assessments of all staff, overly expensive marketing campaigns that clearly had no real returns, team-building events where offices are flown across the country to lavish places like Whistler, Jasper, Banff. All of a sudden those decisions were going to reduce my annual payout.
No thanks, I much preferred operating in a silo.
I left the rat race entirely
Now I ghost write and a partner signs off and I take no responsibility at all
I'm in the ultimate silo
This post was edited by 18nomaUSEast on Apr 8 2025 10:27am