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Big companies with margins like that fire for underperformance, so your ev analysis is missing some inputs I think

• poikniok 10y ago
  Sure reality is often very complicated. However there is one thing in my experience that I want to contribute, which to me was non-obvious when I realized it. Which is that in large companies often times once you are hired your manager effectively cares very little about what you are paid. Their expectations are more or less the same whether you are paid 150k or 200k. Because often HR is in charge of negotiations, and then the manager just comments on performance, and not performance relative to pay. And also in my experience extra pay can improve performance. In my current job I negotiated my pay 65k higher than the initial offer, and thus did not feel bad at all about paying for a 4k apartment which is a 10 minute walk from work. As a result of my commute being negligible I perform much better at work and am far more rested than some of my colleagues who commute to save money. And my manager does not care why my performance is good, all he knows is that it is, and that is reflected in my evaluations.
  • pm90 10y ago
    This is so true. And I don't see a solution for it unless there is a closer collaboration between HR and the manager. This is often very hard, since the 2 are usually in different orgs with different goals and priorities. Ultimately, it basically means that it is in the employees interest to negotiate very high at the beginning... since there are very few forces that will increase their salary once they do join a company.