I Got Fired in the Lobby, Then My Rival Called

offer letter on Vanguard stationery.

Senior Executive Vice President, Strategy and Operations.

Base salary: $620,000.

Annual bonus target: 60%.

Signing bonus: $250,000.

Equity grant.

Car allowance, which I did not care about.

And one line, halfway down the page, that made me go back and read it again to make sure I hadn’t attached an extra zero in my head.continue reading …