Raul graduated from college with a marketing degree and was optimistic for the exciting career ahead of him. It wasn’t long before he found a job as a copywriter at Ads R’ Us, an up-and-coming ad agency downtown. Bolstered by a lucrative new opportunity, endless potential, and an Energizer Bunny-level work ethic, Raul believed the sky was the limit. Until it wasn’t.
Two years later, Raul was routinely working 60-hour weeks with little to show for his herculean effort.