Why Everyone Is Quitting The 38+ Hour Work Week

I could deliver enormous value, but I couldn’t get paid more than a wrinkly boomer who can’t even use Microsoft Word.

I remember getting promoted to a Director.

I’d worked for months for this title. Overtime, late nights, and taking on additional projects. I was so sure this is what I wanted.

The day came. I became a Director.

I stared at the email and felt nothing. My blinking cursor and words of congratulations felt like I was being mocked.

I quit 3 months later to start my own business.

I walked away with nothing.

Everything I worked on for 5 years? Gone.

I couldn’t take any clients, projects, or leverage I built during my time.

Sure, I learned some skills and networks.

But everything that I built was owned by someone else.

Being a 9–5 worker is renting your leverage.

You don’t own:

• The value you create.
• The projects you deliver.
• The audience you’ve built.