Welcome

Companies hold immense power over our livelihood and sense of meaning. When a work break-up happens, we’re often left without identity and purpose. As humans, we want to contribute our craft to the world. It may not be clear how to brand ourselves, align with our values, or reimagine a different path. EverMore exists to give resources and voices back to employees, because you’re the one constant in your career.

My Story

Dear Reader,

I once planned to be a poet, regardless of practicality. I imagined couch surfing, sleeping on benches, collecting human experience like sea glass for my magnum opus. In practice, I shared a bunk bed with my little sister, dodging student loan calls and clinging to the hope that meaning would reveal itself.

The next few years were murky as I tried on different roles, searching for a fit. My college advisor suggested McDonald’s. My family suggested minimum wage childcare. My friends, newly minted business school grads, mocked my English degree. At 23, I felt profoundly behind. And no one tells you how lonely that can feel when your identity hasn’t yet caught up to your ambition.

We’re all asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Rarely are we asked, “Who do you want to become?”

I was ripe for the cultish work cultures of the 2010s—the ones that promised purpose in exchange for obedience. I ached for performance reviews and comp cycles. I wanted my worth in writing. Until the year I got married, and my manager cut my bonus for “dwindling dedication.” I left the proverbial dream job and the identity that came with it. On a whim, I moved to Austin, and the wayward poet in me stirred again.

While I steadily worked in startups the past decade, I plotted. I built new versions of myself, and I clung the parts that I already liked. My purpose became building a craft that didn’t infringe on my other roles as mom, friend, and poet. Amidst all the change, I was a constant.

Companies offer easy-bake identities: a tidy title, money, benefits, friends, and a ready-made answer for “So, what do you do?” But just as easily as they give that to you—they can take it away. There’s a dearth of resources to help folks craft their careers, tell their stories, and heal from negative work experiences.

I created EverMore as a community with resources to help you build a career rooted in who you are, not in where you happen to work or what ladder you’re on.

Because your company will change. Your title will shift. Your path will twist. The jobs to be done will evolve. The people will come and go. But you? You’re the constant.

Welcome to your next chapter.

XoXo,
Courtney