Employees Who Stay in Companies Longer Than Two Years Get Paid 50% Less
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HN comment orderBest way to increase salary at current workplace? Get offers from other companies & ask for a meeting with your boss (or whoever decides your pay, so HR etc.). Bring up the offers, discuss what you'd get from there and also go through the potential career you could build at those companies. For example: Consultancy X would pay me $k/mo and every 6months it will go up the ladder if I perform well. With this kind of discussion you should…
Employers don't reward long-term employees because they don't need to. Even though everyone knows you make more by job-hopping, companies are following a rational strategy because too few people "walk the walk" despite wanting more salary. Arguably unethical, but rational. At the cost of losing a minority of job-hoppers they retain the cheap majority that: - finds job interviews exhausting, or is anxious about being rejected - dislikes conflict or negotiation - has good relationships with colleagues they don't want…
Duplicate of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14784900
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- Breakout years
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- Total points
- 1096
- Total comments
- 861
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-17 | Employees Who Stay in Companies Longer Than Two Years Get Paid 50% LessFirst breakout · Best thread | askafriend | 708 | 535 |
| 2017-07-17 | Employees Who Stay in Companies Longer Than Two Years Get Paid 50% Less | victor9000 | 7 | 2 |
| 2017-07-19 | Employees Who Stay in Companies Longer Than Two Years Get Paid 50% Less | ALee | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-06-05 | Employees who stay in companies longer than two years get paid 50% less (2014)Latest 20+ point return | AlgoRitmo | 379 | 324 |