> It also helped me realize there was nothing I could do at my level of responsibility to change the number in any meaningful way
That doesn't sound right. If your role is worth having around then it should have impact on the numbers on some time scale. If you literally did nothing (or tried working 120hr weeks and then burned out and effectively did nothing when compared to a proper week), would that not move the needle by an amount greater than your salary?
Makes a good point. I wonder how many management decisions in my career that made no sense to me would have been clearer if the financial data had been shared.
> It also helped me realize there was nothing I could do at my level of responsibility to change the number in any meaningful way
That doesn't sound right. If your role is worth having around then it should have impact on the numbers on some time scale. If you literally did nothing (or tried working 120hr weeks and then burned out and effectively did nothing when compared to a proper week), would that not move the needle by an amount greater than your salary?
Makes a good point. I wonder how many management decisions in my career that made no sense to me would have been clearer if the financial data had been shared.