My father founded an engineering firm that he led for over three decades. He cared deeply for each of his people, paying them not just in wages but in kind words and advice and mentorship. And when any of his team reached five years in tenure, he took them aside for a private conversation. He told them that the company had a pension plan, and at five years they were fully vested in it. In addition to whatever they’d been saving, he had also been putting money aside for each of them. Some cheered, some cried, some simply thanked him. He didn’t tell people earlier than that because he didn’t
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