Andy Wang

Now, I'm not going to mention any names, but let's just call him Mr. X. You know, true story, Mr. X.

worked at a company for about 10, 12 years, and his boss framed it as a family and kept everyone loyal.

And Mr. X rose up in the ranks, made more money.

But then the boss's real family made demands.

The boss's wife made an ultimatum.

You can retire with me and move to Florida, or you can keep the business and I'll divorce you and move to Florida myself.

And I think for the boss, it was cheaper to stay married.

And the boss sold the business.

And the boss stayed on for about six months as a consultant, smoothing over the feathers, keeping the family feel.

But once the boss got done with his six-month consultancy, their new owners realized that Mr. X, a senior guy being paid more money,

was worth about two brand new employees.

And they realized they could keep Mr. X to do a good job on one project.

This is a smallish company, 15 to 20 employees with a good book of business.

So they realized we could keep Mr. X and he can do a good job on one project or we can take his salary and hire two new employees to do a mediocre job on two projects.

And mathematically, they made their decision and got rid of Mr. X. Now, after Mr. X got laid off, I told him, hey, I told him this reframe.

You know, your job is to always get a better job.

He didn't think of it that way.

And then landed on his feet eventually.

And now he's doing that.

He's always on the lookout for new jobs and opportunities.