The COVID-19 golden parachute index
When your stock drops to 14 cents for trading, I’m not sure you just justified a $6M trigger for yourself bonus-wise. But many get it. Continue Reading
Money
Being broke at the holidays is fucking tedious
Having no money sucks broadly, but it sucks more at the holidays. I’ve experienced this in both 2017 and 2019. Here’s a path around it! Continue Reading
America is about getting your nut
“He who dies with the most toys wins.” (I would counter that said person is already dead, but who am I?) Continue Reading
Compensation is the sex of the working world
Shhhhhh on both. Continue Reading
Man, this CEO pledge is some trite bullshit, eh?
Making money — lots of money — is the closest thing most of these guys have to relevance and, honestly, fun. Think a pledge will stop that? LOL. Continue Reading
Beware “creating shareholder value” as an expression
It means your life as an employee probably will equate to “hell.” Continue Reading
Deep thought: The three things you can’t talk about
This is something kinda interesting to me, so I thought I’d do a quick post about it. If you really get down to it, there are three things that basically explain life: Sex: This begins it. Failure: This is what you learn from, give… Continue Reading
Could good design/UX help us retire better?
This topic has been coming up a lot recently. Harvard Business Review had a whole article on it — with studies! — a few days ago, and here’s a profile of Facebook’s former design chief joining WealthFront as a VP of design.… Continue Reading