https://zonklife.com/tags/work-life/ Recent content in Work-Life on Zonk Media Hugo en-us Zonk Media Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://zonklife.com/posts/2026-08-23-i-turned-down-more-money-to-stay-with-people-i-like/ Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://zonklife.com/posts/2026-08-23-i-turned-down-more-money-to-stay-with-people-i-like/ <figure class="video"> <div class="video-frame"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/aiDvj8-4RNg?rel=0" title="I Turned Down More Money to Stay With People I Like" loading="lazy" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> </figure> <h2 id="summary">Summary</h2> <p>I&rsquo;ve been sitting with this question for a while now, and I finally decided to just talk about it. Over the years, I&rsquo;ve turned down jobs that paid more money and came with equity stakes—offers that, on paper, should have been no-brainers. But I walked away from them because I didn&rsquo;t want to leave the people I was working with. My team wasn&rsquo;t just colleagues to me; they were people I actually respected and enjoyed spending time with. That matters more to me than I can easily explain to someone looking at a spreadsheet.</p>