They sell you protected Saturdays in the offer process like it's a benefit. Then it's 4pm Saturday and the VP "just has a couple quick comments" that somehow regenerate the entire deck. Protected is a state of mind, and that state of mind is denial.
"Just a couple quick comments" is the four most expensive words in the English language.
My VP once protected my Saturday so hard I only worked from 9am to 9pm. A gift, truly.
The trick is the comments arrive at 4 so the deck is "done" by 11. Protected on paper.
Pitch books, protected weekends that aren’t, and exit-opp math. Say what the desk is thinking but won’t put in an email.
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