To quit or not quit- Startup culture toxicity!

Ravneet Kaur
ILLUMINATION
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5 min readJun 6, 2021

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Picture credits: Mario Gogh

We all hold on to someone or something with the hope of an end reward or security. Jobs, people, projects, hobbies, friends, and the list is unending. Sometimes quitting is considered cowardly, and sometimes it is not even an option. We all have our strong reasons for holding on, and I had mine. I had stuck myself with projects, organizations, and teammates without due diligence to my own personal growth.

These days working for a startup is considered super cool, however, there comes a point when a founder or even a startup team member thinks: Is this startup adding any value to my life or my long-term development? Should I quit now, or should I hustle more? Is my relationship with the team turned toxic? What if this startup has a huge potential in the next 5 years? What if I am wasting my time for nothing?

These thoughts usually happen when your vision is not inclined with the vision of the startup anymore or you feel that organization is not adding enough value to your personal development or not valuing your time. A lot is going on to make decisions towards choosing a startup, given the fact that we have options to join a well-established big organization. Money vs innovative culture! Comfort vs challenges! Stability vs sense of purpose! The settlement vs hustle; and hence, we try to hold on because of the decisions we made in the first…

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