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In response to
"I'm putting my foot down and have already put out there if I don't get bumped in salary to market, then I'm looking"
by
Epiphany
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I said this 20 years ago, and will never forget that conversation.
Posted by
JaxSean (aka JaxSean)
Mar 30 '17, 07:20
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I'm 25ish, talking to a 50-ish man that had been at Barnett Bank for years.
Him: "people aren't loyal to companies anymore."
Me: it doesn't pay to be. You come in, work for a few years and get some experience, then go somewhere else for more money."
Him: that's not loyalty
Me: I'm loyal while I'm here, believe me. But if someone gives me a 2-5% raise each year, in 6 years I'd get a 6-15% raise or so overall. I can go somewhere else and get 20% more? I'm going, and then if I come back and get hired back at that new salary level, it was better than staying. Plus, new experiences learned.
Him: *scoff*
I left, got a 30% raise (was making like $25K when I left and got $40k), came back with a 12% raise (to $45K), so it paid for me to leave for a few years big time.
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