The following day, my boss returned, visibly shaken. “We can discuss your salary,” he stammered. “We can make adjustments.”
But something inside me had changed. I wasn’t leaving in anger. I was leaving because I remembered my worth.
So I walked away—not in defiance, but in quiet dignity.
A month later, I joined a company that appreciated me fully and compensated me fairly. On my first day, I told my new manager, “I’m here to contribute, grow, and inspire.”
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