Woman with VP level jobs

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My college mate is super successful woman VP. Net worth is easily in 20-30 million. Divorced, no partner, no kids.

Lives alone in SF. Age 57.

What are her cats' names?

Does not even have cats. I do not envy her. But, yes, she has a Wiki page dedicated to her!

Well, hell! That's awesome; it means strangers can look her up an envy her! Really, nothing like having no children or spouse but a wiki page! Really the pinnacle of human achievement. Nietzsche and Schopenhauer would be so proud.

[Anonymous]

Nothing is for free. I do give and take— I bow out of travel meetings but I sure as hell play a huge role in the meeting prep. I check my emails even on vacation, but I do take vacation! My manager knows that I will make it work— even if I cover sick days, I will just turn my video off. I have taken meeting calls from the ER, the peds office, the dentist.

It entails a lot of offline work for me so that even if not 100% present, my team knows we are covered. Challenging yes

[Anonymous]

God, I wish that corporate leaders (read male leaders) would read this thread and understand what it's like.

I actually left a big PR agency and started my own firm. It was a ton of work to get it off the ground, but now I have more flexibility over my schedule and time with my kids. I now offer actual flexibility to my employees as part of our values. I had to - plus the women on our team, with and without kids seem to enjoy the no-questions asked time off. I don't need to know if they take time off for a sick kid, a sick pet, or a desire to drink margs and eat chips on a Wednesday. The productivity and deliverables far exceed the work being done at the big firm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:God, I wish that corporate leaders (read male leaders) would read this thread and understand what it's like.

I actually left a big PR agency and started my own firm. It was a ton of work to get it off the ground, but now I have more flexibility over my schedule and time with my kids. I now offer actual flexibility to my employees as part of our values. I had to - plus the women on our team, with and without kids seem to enjoy the no-questions asked time off. I don't need to know if they take time off for a sick kid, a sick pet, or a desire to drink margs and eat chips on a Wednesday. The productivity and deliverables far exceed the work being done at the big firm.

I don’t get why anyone wants to be executive except greed and $$$$$.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God, I wish that corporate leaders (read male leaders) would read this thread and understand what it's like.

I actually left a big PR agency and started my own firm. It was a ton of work to get it off the ground, but now I have more flexibility over my schedule and time with my kids. I now offer actual flexibility to my employees as part of our values. I had to - plus the women on our team, with and without kids seem to enjoy the no-questions asked time off. I don't need to know if they take time off for a sick kid, a sick pet, or a desire to drink margs and eat chips on a Wednesday. The productivity and deliverables far exceed the work being done at the big firm.

I don’t get why anyone wants to be executive except greed and $$$$$.

If you aren’t executive at 50 you will be laid off soon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God, I wish that corporate leaders (read male leaders) would read this thread and understand what it's like.

I actually left a big PR agency and started my own firm. It was a ton of work to get it off the ground, but now I have more flexibility over my schedule and time with my kids. I now offer actual flexibility to my employees as part of our values. I had to - plus the women on our team, with and without kids seem to enjoy the no-questions asked time off. I don't need to know if they take time off for a sick kid, a sick pet, or a desire to drink margs and eat chips on a Wednesday. The productivity and deliverables far exceed the work being done at the big firm.

I don’t get why anyone wants to be executive except greed and $$$$$.

Ego

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God, I wish that corporate leaders (read male leaders) would read this thread and understand what it's like.

I actually left a big PR agency and started my own firm. It was a ton of work to get it off the ground, but now I have more flexibility over my schedule and time with my kids. I now offer actual flexibility to my employees as part of our values. I had to - plus the women on our team, with and without kids seem to enjoy the no-questions asked time off. I don't need to know if they take time off for a sick kid, a sick pet, or a desire to drink margs and eat chips on a Wednesday. The productivity and deliverables far exceed the work being done at the big firm.

I don’t get why anyone wants to be executive except greed and $$$$$.

So you’re saying you don’t make good money. Got it.

[Anonymous]

I love the PP chirping in from cheap seats who has never been there, could never ever, do that.
I’m at that level OP, and the other posters who said set boundaries, and defer responsibilities to spouse have it right. Wait 6 months, get your relationships and credibility set, and you can start opting out of dinners, certain responsibilities. Allow your spouse to take on more, educate the SAHMs that you aren’t the go to, your spouse is on certain days or play dates etc, and you will find that you can carve out balance. You can totally do this.

[Anonymous]

VP here …childfree!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:VP here …childfree!

If true, You are so sad. On so many levels. That you would post it with exclamations. You didn’t need to forego family for a career, you missed out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God, I wish that corporate leaders (read male leaders) would read this thread and understand what it's like.

I actually left a big PR agency and started my own firm. It was a ton of work to get it off the ground, but now I have more flexibility over my schedule and time with my kids. I now offer actual flexibility to my employees as part of our values. I had to - plus the women on our team, with and without kids seem to enjoy the no-questions asked time off. I don't need to know if they take time off for a sick kid, a sick pet, or a desire to drink margs and eat chips on a Wednesday. The productivity and deliverables far exceed the work being done at the big firm.

I don’t get why anyone wants to be executive except greed and $$$$$.

So you’re saying you don’t make good money. Got it.

There are trade offs in life. Making “good money” isn’t useful if you need a nanny, cook, driver, housekeeper, lawn care specialists, etc to stay afloat from day-to-day. Oh and you never see your kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love the PP chirping in from cheap seats who has never been there, could never ever, do that.
I’m at that level OP, and the other posters who said set boundaries, and defer responsibilities to spouse have it right. Wait 6 months, get your relationships and credibility set, and you can start opting out of dinners, certain responsibilities. Allow your spouse to take on more, educate the SAHMs that you aren’t the go to, your spouse is on certain days or play dates etc, and you will find that you can carve out balance. You can totally do this.

But why do it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God, I wish that corporate leaders (read male leaders) would read this thread and understand what it's like.

I actually left a big PR agency and started my own firm. It was a ton of work to get it off the ground, but now I have more flexibility over my schedule and time with my kids. I now offer actual flexibility to my employees as part of our values. I had to - plus the women on our team, with and without kids seem to enjoy the no-questions asked time off. I don't need to know if they take time off for a sick kid, a sick pet, or a desire to drink margs and eat chips on a Wednesday. The productivity and deliverables far exceed the work being done at the big firm.

I don’t get why anyone wants to be executive except greed and $$$$$.

So you’re saying you don’t make good money. Got it.

There’s “good money” and then there’s thinking you need to make $500k/year to be happy.

[Anonymous]

I made it a condition of hire that family comes first. If my kid has an event I will be there. If DH is out of town for work, I will be in half day and work from home the rest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God, I wish that corporate leaders (read male leaders) would read this thread and understand what it's like.

I actually left a big PR agency and started my own firm. It was a ton of work to get it off the ground, but now I have more flexibility over my schedule and time with my kids. I now offer actual flexibility to my employees as part of our values. I had to - plus the women on our team, with and without kids seem to enjoy the no-questions asked time off. I don't need to know if they take time off for a sick kid, a sick pet, or a desire to drink margs and eat chips on a Wednesday. The productivity and deliverables far exceed the work being done at the big firm.

I don’t get why anyone wants to be executive except greed and $$$$$.

So you’re saying you don’t make good money. Got it.

There are trade offs in life. Making “good money” isn’t useful if you need a nanny, cook, driver, housekeeper, lawn care specialists, etc to stay afloat from day-to-day. Oh and you never see your kids.

Nope. No nanny cook driver housekeeper. Landscapers yes but really everyone has that.
Balanced life and home bc I’ve been WFH for over a decade before the pandemic.
Just bc you couldn’t do it, couldn’t see a path to it, and failed to realize your potential - as small as it probably was - don’t judge others for reaching theirs.
Also I hope you don’t have female children bc women like u are holding back our progress