diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
Loyalty only matters if you aren't replaceable.
That reminds me of when I worked at Rite Aid right after graduating college. I started part time, was promoted to full-time Assistant Manager once I graduated, this was 2009 and the economy was cratering so I thought $10 an hour wasnt too bad. I got to live another year in the town I went to college in and overall it was one of the most fun years of my life (college partying w/out the classes/grades) but as I approached the 1 year mark my boss said to look out for my raise. Finally the paycheck comes with my new raise and I see the wage per hour: $10.33. I worked every week, literally never called out sick once, made sure the store was in good shape, opened and closed, etc. basically did everything youd expect a good assistant manager to do, and thats how they rewarded me.
A thirty three cent raise, they couldnt even be bothered to make it an even number like $10.50 or something. I started looking for a new job right away and w/in a half year had left for something else. Now I wasnt gonna stay at Rite Aid forever, but once I realized they had no respect for me and my contributions, it made my decision to leave that much quicker.
I've been a temp with a Fortune 500 company
This is crazy to me. It's hard to raise a family with the constant upheaval that frequent job changes causes. Really makes me appreciate my government job- I would love more money in the open market but the stability and dependability of the work is more valuable.
I never know what to make of this because basic clerks at Walmart and Costco are technically working for a Fortune 500 company...
I think you have to negotiate for them. You go "my old job had three weeks" and if they want you enough, maybe they'll go with it.How does one accumulate vacation time if you keep switching jobs? I just got my third week, I think I'd go crazy without those weeks.
I wouldn't consider changing jobs more frequently if I got more than a 2-3% raise annually.
Blame the employers who try to keep their workers earning the same amount while inflation continues over every day goods
If you keep the same salary year over year, you are actually getting a PAY DECREASE
why reward loyalty when you can save the company's bottom line by hiring somebody fresh out of college for $40k instead?
The only way to get ahead nowadays is to job hop every few years. This article is spot on
Loyalty is no longer rewarded by most companies
Welp I've got a solid good pay, much higher than the median in Italy, but if instead of doing goody two shoes, I had put my feet at the door every time (which I'll do soon) I could earn two times as much..how about rewarding loyalty instead :/
I wouldn't consider changing jobs more frequently if I got more than a 2-3% raise annually.
It's a bit different in europe. Loyalty is still worth something there.
I dislike my job, but thinking about changing jobs makes me ill. It's such a load of hassle! It took me six months searching to find this one!
Plus I've got no qualifications and the only experience I've built up is with customer service (which I hate). If I was going to search for another job, it would have to be something in the same vein, which I have no desire to do.
I'll just keep ignoring it, and if I do get laid off I guess I'll just die.
I went from CS to Marketing to Sales. Earning has gone up enough to comfortably support my family, with relative job security (only as good as your last and don't piss the boss off).
Search for something. Read a few books and practice them on the phone/face to face with customers. Build that confidence and, while doing that, apply. Worst that happens is that you keep learning, best case scenario you get a better gig.
The lot of these white collar office jobs seem like such hell and uncertainty.
When I switch careers I'm taking up a trade.
A recent illustration of the ethos came when American Airlines, having decided that its current levels of compensation were not competitive, announced an increase to its staff salaries. The company was, in fact, funnelling money to workers instead of to its shareholders. Wall Street's reaction was immediate: American Airlines' stock price plummeted.
This is such nonsense. Looking through Google they made the announcement in April 2017. Looking a their stock prices, yeah they did dip, but they've rebounded and increased as normal. So basically employees got better compensation and the stock had no long term damage. Both parties (employees and shareholders) won.
Shareholders are extremely myopic. They fuel this mess. But shareholders can't predict the market and they thought it would be a negative thing.
I recently accepted a position at a new company. The raise I'm getting by moving is 25% more than the total of all raises I've received during the 10 years I've worked here. I should have left sooner.