A senior title. A respected logo. Proximity to power. But the scope, authority, and compensation don’t match what you’ve already demonstrated you can do. 

In this Field Notes episode, we unpack how prestige can mask a step down, why veterans keep getting encouraged to “take the step-down role,” and why that trade almost never corrects itself later. 

A Rompus Media production. 
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