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10% salary increases through internal pay increases? That sounds quite unheard of. Maybe if you constantly gun for internal promotions that everyone else is gun
by wahsd 11y ago
10% salary increases through internal pay increases? That sounds quite unheard of. Maybe if you constantly gun for internal promotions that everyone else is gunning for, but that still leaves everyone else behind that is going to get marginal increases at best.
- bigcothrowa 11y agoYeah, that has not been my experience. I've worked for a big company for 4-ish years. Started 40% below article's suggested "middling" salary because I didn't negotiate (and starting salaries were 30% lower 4 years ago, apparently). Negotiated a 40%(!) raise after 1.5 years because I was kicking ass and had +40% offers in hand(!) from other BigCo's that I interviewed at. Since then I've been getting 2-3% cost-of-living raises annually. I would say my performance is above average, but that's my opinion. Definitely not seeing 10% or $30k annual raises and my total pay is significantly below $250k still. Maybe I need to do another round of external interviewing again. That being said, I like my work and have good benefits and really good compensation compared to non-tech work.
- taurath 11y agoOffers in hand help a lot. If they don't want to keep you at or near what other people are offering, they don't care enough to keep you.