Why I Turned Down A $20k/Month Job Offer At 18 Years Old
Published on: December 4 2022 by Hayden Bowles
Why I Turned Down A $20k/Month Job Offer At 18 Years Old
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Why I Turned Down A $20k/Month Job Offer At 18 Years Old
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| 00:00:00 | 00:00:07 | hey then why would you do that geez |
| 00:00:01 | 00:00:08 | you're such an idiot yo what's going on |
| 00:00:07 | 00:00:10 | everyone hating you're coming back at |
| 00:00:08 | 00:00:13 | you with the brand new video and in this |
| 00:00:10 | 00:00:15 | one I've got a little bit of a story |
| 00:00:13 | 00:00:17 | time video okay this is something I |
| 00:00:15 | 00:00:18 | wanted to bring up I haven't mentioned |
| 00:00:17 | 00:00:20 | it it all happened about three months |
| 00:00:18 | 00:00:22 | ago I actually got like I think this is |
| 00:00:20 | 00:00:24 | it is my first real job offer you know |
| 00:00:22 | 00:00:26 | aside from people wanting so you know |
| 00:00:24 | 00:00:28 | hire me to do little things I mean like |
| 00:00:26 | 00:00:29 | I'm gonna go through it explain on this |
| 00:00:28 | 00:00:31 | but someone wanted me to move and |
| 00:00:29 | 00:00:33 | relocate somewhere else at the time I |
| 00:00:31 | 00:00:35 | wasn't living in Newport so again I'm |
| 00:00:33 | 00:00:36 | explain the time frame but they wanted |
| 00:00:35 | 00:00:37 | me to come and work for their company |
| 00:00:36 | 00:00:39 | they were offering me twenty thousand |
| 00:00:37 | 00:00:41 | dollars a month two flat salary with the |
| 00:00:39 | 00:00:44 | potential to go up as their business |
| 00:00:41 | 00:00:45 | grew as well so no equity no nothing it |
| 00:00:44 | 00:00:47 | was really interesting I've never been |
| 00:00:45 | 00:00:48 | offered that but it was very serious |
| 00:00:47 | 00:00:51 | like we got on a call I didn't really |
| 00:00:48 | 00:00:52 | consider taking it so let me run through |
| 00:00:51 | 00:00:54 | and explain this I know it's it's unique |
| 00:00:52 | 00:00:56 | to have this happen obviously at 18 |
| 00:00:54 | 00:00:58 | years old this was three months ago |
| 00:00:56 | 00:00:59 | so this was like I think the same week |
| 00:00:58 | 00:01:02 | that I was coming back from Amsterdam |
| 00:00:59 | 00:01:04 | went to Minnesota to surprise my family |
| 00:01:02 | 00:01:05 | and then came back out to LA and that's |
| 00:01:04 | 00:01:08 | when I went ahead and got my place in |
| 00:01:05 | 00:01:09 | Newport Beach so they offered me first |
| 00:01:08 | 00:01:10 | of all so you know rundown on the |
| 00:01:09 | 00:01:11 | company I'm not gonna say who it is |
| 00:01:10 | 00:01:13 | obviously because that's just |
| 00:01:11 | 00:01:15 | disrespectful and privacy it was a |
| 00:01:13 | 00:01:18 | marketing I don't want to fully say an |
| 00:01:15 | 00:01:21 | agency it was a bigger like marketing |
| 00:01:18 | 00:01:23 | brand company down in Miami Florida so I |
| 00:01:21 | 00:01:24 | wouldn't have been completely opposed to |
| 00:01:23 | 00:01:26 | it because I've always been okay with |
| 00:01:24 | 00:01:28 | living in Miami I actually almost moved |
| 00:01:26 | 00:01:29 | there when I was 16 I spent over a month |
| 00:01:28 | 00:01:31 | and a half there and I was there pretty |
| 00:01:29 | 00:01:33 | much every week consecutively for like |
| 00:01:31 | 00:01:36 | three or four months so essentially this |
| 00:01:33 | 00:01:37 | company runs marketing for all sorts of |
| 00:01:36 | 00:01:38 | you know different brands different |
| 00:01:37 | 00:01:41 | companies they do a lot with personal |
| 00:01:38 | 00:01:43 | brands influencers models the fitness |
| 00:01:41 | 00:01:45 | space and it was kind of funny to me |
| 00:01:43 | 00:01:46 | because they wanted to hire me I think |
| 00:01:45 | 00:01:49 | the position I was gonna be in you know |
| 00:01:46 | 00:01:50 | this company probably does I would say |
| 00:01:49 | 00:01:52 | close to a million dollars a month |
| 00:01:50 | 00:01:54 | revenue maybe like seven eight hundred |
| 00:01:52 | 00:01:56 | that was kind of the vibe I was getting |
| 00:01:54 | 00:01:57 | like 8 to 10 million a year and they |
| 00:01:56 | 00:01:58 | wanted me to be like the head of their |
| 00:01:57 | 00:01:59 | marketing right like run all that |
| 00:01:58 | 00:02:01 | because they could see what I was doing |
| 00:01:59 | 00:02:03 | and it was funny because I'm like wait a |
| 00:02:01 | 00:02:06 | minute the scratch on my head and I'm |
| 00:02:03 | 00:02:07 | like you're a marketing agency you know |
| 00:02:06 | 00:02:08 | I was literally sitting there like |
| 00:02:07 | 00:02:10 | scratching my head like not |
| 00:02:08 | 00:02:12 | understanding how this even makes sense |
| 00:02:10 | 00:02:14 | right they're a marketing agency that's |
| 00:02:12 | 00:02:15 | what they do |
| 00:02:14 | 00:02:17 | yet they needed me to come in and do |
| 00:02:15 | 00:02:19 | their marketing so it wasn't necessarily |
| 00:02:17 | 00:02:21 | a red flag you know people always want |
| 00:02:19 | 00:02:22 | to level up I guess and you'll get |
| 00:02:21 | 00:02:24 | better people on board with projects |
| 00:02:22 | 00:02:25 | totally understandable but it is just |
| 00:02:24 | 00:02:27 | kind of funny they were gonna put me in |
| 00:02:25 | 00:02:28 | the top position right there as like the |
| 00:02:27 | 00:02:29 | president or the you know whatever the |
| 00:02:28 | 00:02:32 | chairman of marketing whatever position |
| 00:02:29 | 00:02:33 | I guess it was called so they offer me |
| 00:02:32 | 00:02:35 | again it was no equity just twenty |
| 00:02:33 | 00:02:36 | thousand flat a month that would have |
| 00:02:35 | 00:02:38 | been on a salary base and it could start |
| 00:02:36 | 00:02:40 | going up as well as the business scaled |
| 00:02:38 | 00:02:41 | because what I'm doing as a marketing |
| 00:02:40 | 00:02:43 | person and they had a lot of employees |
| 00:02:41 | 00:02:45 | that I would have been directing as I |
| 00:02:43 | 00:02:47 | let them go ahead I teach them all the |
| 00:02:45 | 00:02:49 | skills that go through and build the |
| 00:02:47 | 00:02:51 | business then my income would also go up |
| 00:02:49 | 00:02:53 | so I didn't consider this I did not |
| 00:02:51 | 00:02:55 | consider I did not I did not I did not |
| 00:02:53 | 00:02:56 | because of a financial situation I |
| 00:02:55 | 00:02:59 | wanted to hear what they had to say |
| 00:02:56 | 00:03:00 | because it was just intriguing to me you |
| 00:02:59 | 00:03:02 | know I've never had that it was really |
| 00:03:00 | 00:03:03 | interesting I didn't really expect to |
| 00:03:02 | 00:03:06 | ever take you know twenty thousand a |
| 00:03:03 | 00:03:07 | month I make that on a good day so for |
| 00:03:06 | 00:03:11 | me it just would not have simply made |
| 00:03:07 | 00:03:12 | sense and here's what I probably still |
| 00:03:11 | 00:03:14 | wouldn't have taken it even if this |
| 00:03:12 | 00:03:17 | wasn't the case but I would not have |
| 00:03:14 | 00:03:19 | been able to build or work on or consult |
| 00:03:17 | 00:03:21 | with or do anything relating to any sort |
| 00:03:19 | 00:03:23 | of competing company so none of my |
| 00:03:21 | 00:03:26 | friends companies none of the agencies |
| 00:03:23 | 00:03:27 | none of my own so I would not have had |
| 00:03:26 | 00:03:29 | that potential so essentially at this |
| 00:03:27 | 00:03:30 | point I'm taking no equity in a business |
| 00:03:29 | 00:03:33 | that's what this situation would have |
| 00:03:30 | 00:03:35 | been I'm getting a salary where I own |
| 00:03:33 | 00:03:37 | nothing I can be fired and I'm not |
| 00:03:35 | 00:03:40 | building for the long term so that's why |
| 00:03:37 | 00:03:41 | I did not even consider it at all but |
| 00:03:40 | 00:03:43 | this was really funny it's what kind of |
| 00:03:41 | 00:03:45 | why I wanted to share with you I'm |
| 00:03:43 | 00:03:47 | always focused and even if they had |
| 00:03:45 | 00:03:49 | offered me a hundred thousand I don't |
| 00:03:47 | 00:03:50 | have taken it just due to the timeframe |
| 00:03:49 | 00:03:53 | of the contract the fact that I'm |
| 00:03:50 | 00:03:55 | getting zero equity and it's like it's |
| 00:03:53 | 00:03:56 | I'm building someone else's dreams you |
| 00:03:55 | 00:03:57 | know so this give me a shorter video I |
| 00:03:56 | 00:03:59 | just wanted to share that real quick |
| 00:03:57 | 00:04:01 | because this is something where if you |
| 00:03:59 | 00:04:02 | guys are trying to make a short-term |
| 00:04:01 | 00:04:04 | decision like this would not even have |
| 00:04:02 | 00:04:05 | been a decision because it wasn't enough |
| 00:04:04 | 00:04:07 | money it's as simple as that they then |
| 00:04:05 | 00:04:09 | offered me five hundred thousand dollars |
| 00:04:07 | 00:04:11 | a month or a million a month yeah I |
| 00:04:09 | 00:04:13 | probably would not be in California |
| 00:04:11 | 00:04:14 | right now but you know I'd be quitting |
| 00:04:13 | 00:04:17 | down the road but the whole thing of not |
| 00:04:14 | 00:04:18 | working with competing companies that |
| 00:04:17 | 00:04:20 | from you is kind of what like freaked me |
| 00:04:18 | 00:04:22 | out again it was the money piece that |
| 00:04:20 | 00:04:23 | there was it didn't make any sense so I |
| 00:04:22 | 00:04:24 | want you guys to know that long term |
| 00:04:23 | 00:04:25 | versus short term that's huge it's kind |
| 00:04:24 | 00:04:28 | of the whole point I want to deal with |
| 00:04:25 | 00:04:30 | this actually at the beginning of this |
| 00:04:28 | 00:04:32 | year in 2018 I turned down a six-figure |
| 00:04:30 | 00:04:33 | a month it wasn't necessarily uh I was |
| 00:04:32 | 00:04:35 | not being hired for anything it was a |
| 00:04:33 | 00:04:37 | contract it would have locked me in all |
| 00:04:35 | 00:04:39 | the way through all of 2018 twelve |
| 00:04:37 | 00:04:40 | months and I definitely would have |
| 00:04:39 | 00:04:42 | immediately been making six figures a |
| 00:04:40 | 00:04:44 | month but I turned it down I'm not gonna |
| 00:04:42 | 00:04:46 | explain what that is I maybe I can in |
| 00:04:44 | 00:04:47 | another video but that was one of those |
| 00:04:46 | 00:04:50 | things where it would not have made |
| 00:04:47 | 00:04:52 | sense long term short term sure it would |
| 00:04:50 | 00:04:53 | have been a quick hundred thousand |
| 00:04:52 | 00:04:55 | that's 1.2 million dollars a year before |
| 00:04:53 | 00:04:57 | tax like it's tough to say no to that |
| 00:04:55 | 00:04:59 | and I was literally pulling my hair out |
| 00:04:57 | 00:05:01 | pissed off like do I take this do I not |
| 00:04:59 | 00:05:04 | because at the time in the beginning of |
| 00:05:01 | 00:05:05 | 2018 I wasn't making quite that much I |
| 00:05:04 | 00:05:07 | was very close and it would have been |
| 00:05:05 | 00:05:09 | additional on top of that which is kind |
| 00:05:07 | 00:05:11 | of crazy but it again long-term it |
| 00:05:09 | 00:05:14 | didn't align with what I knew I wanted |
| 00:05:11 | 00:05:15 | to do so I really want to stress this be |
| 00:05:14 | 00:05:16 | disciplined with what you want to do |
| 00:05:15 | 00:05:18 | understand what you want going in and |
| 00:05:16 | 00:05:20 | just just follow your plan |
| 00:05:18 | 00:05:21 | like it's the same thing I do with my |
| 00:05:20 | 00:05:23 | econ stores before I go through it like |
| 00:05:21 | 00:05:27 | oh let me grab my laptop here and |
| 00:05:23 | 00:05:29 | start running some ads you know it's I |
| 00:05:27 | 00:05:31 | have plans mapped out so I'm not like |
| 00:05:29 | 00:05:32 | guessing down the road it's like I stik |
| 00:05:31 | 00:05:34 | to the plan you know I'm not gonna |
| 00:05:32 | 00:05:36 | deviate because of something short-term |
| 00:05:34 | 00:05:37 | or whatever so stik to that that's kind |
| 00:05:36 | 00:05:38 | of the message I wanted to share this |
| 00:05:37 | 00:05:40 | because someone actually asked about it |
| 00:05:38 | 00:05:43 | said hey have you ever worked a job I |
| 00:05:40 | 00:05:44 | have never worked a job in my life okay |
| 00:05:43 | 00:05:47 | I guess the closest thing you could say |
| 00:05:44 | 00:05:48 | is mowing lawns for other people but I |
| 00:05:47 | 00:05:49 | was the person knocking on their door |
| 00:05:48 | 00:05:51 | hey you need your lawn mowed you need a |
| 00:05:49 | 00:05:53 | moat when I was a kid I've never worked |
| 00:05:51 | 00:05:55 | a regular job I've never gotten a salary |
| 00:05:53 | 00:05:56 | I've never gotten anything like that so |
| 00:05:55 | 00:05:58 | I've never been I guess you could |
| 00:05:56 | 00:06:01 | consider I've never been a w-2 employee |
| 00:05:58 | 00:06:02 | ever so kind of interesting let me know |
| 00:06:01 | 00:06:04 | you guys's feedback on this was i stupid |
| 00:06:02 | 00:06:06 | for doing it was I not definitely |
| 00:06:04 | 00:06:08 | curious to hear you guys is your opinion |
| 00:06:06 | 00:06:10 | in your feedback on that because being |
| 00:06:08 | 00:06:12 | offered you know 240,000 dollars a year |
| 00:06:10 | 00:06:15 | at a team |
| 00:06:12 | 00:06:16 | I guess it's unique you know but that's |
| 00:06:15 | 00:06:17 | what you can do when you build a skill |
| 00:06:16 | 00:06:19 | set when you can show that you have |
| 00:06:17 | 00:06:20 | direct value in things you can implement |
| 00:06:19 | 00:06:22 | put in place I have no doubt I could |
| 00:06:20 | 00:06:23 | have scaled their business I looked at |
| 00:06:22 | 00:06:25 | it that's why I got on a call because |
| 00:06:23 | 00:06:26 | honestly I was more so curious kind of |
| 00:06:25 | 00:06:27 | what they were already doing because |
| 00:06:26 | 00:06:28 | they're successful but what they were |
| 00:06:27 | 00:06:30 | doing with their marketing with Facebook |
| 00:06:28 | 00:06:32 | ads specifically was trashed because |
| 00:06:30 | 00:06:33 | that's not where they were making |
| 00:06:32 | 00:06:35 | money so I could definitely go in and |
| 00:06:33 | 00:06:37 | make more money for them and if they're |
| 00:06:35 | 00:06:39 | watching this right now shout out to you |
| 00:06:37 | 00:06:41 | send me back a message when you want to |
| 00:06:39 | 00:06:43 | offer me like ten times that amount of |
| 00:06:41 | 00:06:45 | money then we can tok so get a little |
| 00:06:43 | 00:06:46 | bit more realistik with your numbers so |
| 00:06:45 | 00:06:47 | other than that you guys if you enjoy |
| 00:06:46 | 00:06:49 | this little story time video be sure to |
| 00:06:47 | 00:06:51 | drop like down below and let me know in |
| 00:06:49 | 00:06:52 | the comments if you want me to do more |
| 00:06:51 | 00:06:54 | stuff like this there's definitely a lot |
| 00:06:52 | 00:06:56 | of fun little things I share and I try |
| 00:06:54 | 00:06:58 | and be as transparent and as open as |
| 00:06:56 | 00:07:01 | possible with everything so attempt I |
| 00:06:58 | 00:07:02 | attempt my best to not forget stuff like |
| 00:07:01 | 00:07:03 | this just put it out there on the |
| 00:07:02 | 00:07:04 | channel let you guys kind of know where |
| 00:07:03 | 00:07:05 | I'm at different things that are |
| 00:07:04 | 00:07:06 | happening because it's definitely a lot |
| 00:07:05 | 00:07:10 | of fun definitely very interesting |
| 00:07:06 | 00:07:12 | another than that help us hit 100k subs |
| 00:07:10 | 00:07:14 | we're so close we're past 90 I believe |
| 00:07:12 | 00:07:15 | unreal I appreciate the support hit that |
| 00:07:14 | 00:07:17 | nice like and subscribe button and with |
| 00:07:15 | 00:07:19 | that being said it's ad season inside of |
| 00:07:17 | 00:07:21 | your for you guys can see that ad season |
| 00:07:19 | 00:07:24 | with a money bag on top of it boom and I |
| 00:07:21 | 00:07:27 | will be seeing you guys tomorrow in the |
| 00:07:24 | 00:07:27 | next video these |
