The Cost of Underestimating Client Relations

My boss's wife convinced him I was overpaid and cut my salary in half for doing nothing but phone

calls and emails. Two weeks later the company lost six hundred thousand dollars in annual

revenue. I'm Jordan, a client relations specialist at a boutique marketing

agency. Victoria, the boss's wife, started attending meetings and immediately

questioned my value. She told Derek I was overpaid for just talking to clients.

He gave me an ultimatum: accept fifty percent less or leave. I stayed but stopped doing all the invisible

work. No more after hours calls with anxious clients. No more jumping

on problems before they escalated. No more smoothing over missed deadlines. I did exactly what