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IMHO, and in my region (Belgium), this is completely unrealistic. In most companies, the goal is to keep you happy with the lowest possible salary. Consequently
by madewulf 16y ago
IMHO, and in my region (Belgium), this is completely unrealistic. In most companies, the goal is to keep you happy with the lowest possible salary.
Consequently, you have to ask for raises, and see it as a negotiation. The error would be to think that management has your best interest at heart. They don't, they have the business best interest at heart, which is only normal.
For me, you usually don't earn what you deserve, but what you negotiated.
- gaius 16y agoIt is in the businesses best interest to retain talented staff, not only for its own productivity but to raise the barrier to entry for competitors.
- madewulf 16y agoIt does not change the point that they want to keep their talented staff at the lowest possible price....
- gaius 16y agoTrue. There's a Dilbert about how the company wants the best staff in the industry, but pays the industry average salary.
- sokoloff 16y agohttp://www.dilbert.com/fast/1995-05-22/ http://www.dilbert.com/fast/1995-05-22/
- DavidSJ 16y agoThey also want their retained staff to be happy, however. It's not so great to have an employee who's just barely satisfied enough to stay on with you. The quality of his/her work won't be as good, typically.
- wlievens 16y agoThat's not even true. A typical consulting company (of which there are plenty in Belgium - I'd say at least half the programming jobs) probably doesn't care much, because for a less efficient programmer they will eventually bill more hours to the clueless client.