A team that works together seamlessly? Even more valuable.
Starting six months ago, the rival company's HR director and CEO had been approaching me privately.
Their offer climbed from double to the current five times my salary.
Out of loyalty to the company, I'd kept turning them down.
But now...
I was quiet for a moment, then nodded. "Reach out to them. But keep this under wraps."
The job switch proceeded smoothly and quietly. To make sure nothing leaked, I personally gave the other company's CEO a heads-up.
He swore up and down that not a word would get out. As for start dates, they'd work around our resignation timeline.
A week later, the company welcomed a new face.
Some distant relative of the boss.
The boss personally escorted him to the Tech department.
"Hello, everyone. I just got back from abroad. I have experience at three major international firms. You can call me Henry Caldwell."
The young hotshot looked around with obvious disdain.
"Fifteen people, and you only developed twenty systems in a whole year? At my old company, you'd have been fired a hundred times over!"