An SVB employee lost over $1 million

Here’s what’s on tap today:

• Meet an SVB employee who “lost more than $1 million.”
• What to do if you’re being “quiet fired.”
• 12 cities around the world where you can live cheaply.

SVB survival story

“We had no idea in advance that any of this was going to happen,” the staffer said. “My team learned that the FDIC had taken us over during an internal team call, when it was reported on the news.”

The intensity of the crisis meant two or three hours of sleep each night. Some workers forgot to eat. Rank-and-file employees felt management did a “dismal” job of keeping them in the loop. They said it felt like being at their own wake.

Many SVB employees get more than 50 percent of their salary in equity. This staffer’s used to be worth more than a million. Now it’s gone to zero.

TV travel, quiet firing, & more

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Remote work, Ozempic, & more

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• “Why I left my costly life in Toronto to work remotely abroad.” Peggy Bree Tam works remotely from Colombia as a project manager for a Canada-based company. She said she’s never going back to Canada because life overseas is so much more affordable. Read more.
• “I’m a software engineer who struggled with procrastination until I tried monk mode.” Cameron Perrin was struggling to achieve his career goals and getting derailed by distractions — until the productivity hack “monk mode” changed his life. Read more.

Money, happiness, & more

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Your entertainment planner

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Feeling stuck?

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Ready for AI

• “No, we’re not ready. This has the potential for more harm than good. Just because we can doesn’t mean we should.” – W.P.
• “These tools have the capacity to eliminate a lot of white-collar jobs, which at this point make up the majority of jobs in most developed countries. As that happens, there will be massive unemployment. How will governments respond? The logical response would be the gradual development of some kind of Universal Basic Income. But it’s difficult to see governments in the US and UK moving in that direction.” – Bob
• “Marketing and communications pros are jittery in 2023 as ChatGPT and AI pose an existential threat to our livelihoods. While these innovations seem threatening, they are also incredible time savers for our everyday activities. … Doubling down on what makes us human will make us ready for ChatGPT.” – Lisa

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