With all the work pressure in post MBA roles, how much role does compensation play in tolerating the work pressure? Does more compensation mottivates one to handle pressure or make you feel answerable to handle pressure better? Thoughts??

Work pressure is often misunderstood. When you have a high impact role, pressure is always there. How you handle pressure depends on your competency, skillsets and your own personal disposition. What matters then is how much you care about the work. If you don’t actually care about the work the pressure becomes toxic. If you care about it, it acts as a catalyst to get amazing things done. Compensation comes and sits on top of this - if you are compensated well, you generally also care about the work. If you aren’t compensated well, you start caring less.

These are three completely unrelated variables. Work Pressure Compensation Education To paraphrase my learning from Kung Fu Panda: The answer is always within you.

Both. Better pay than what I am getting in the market helps in tolerating the work pressure. It sucks if you feel that you have been shortchanged and have to deal with stupidity as well.