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>"Now I also feel insulted. So that's how much I was worth to you, but you waited for me to leave before adjusting my pay?" I mean yeah, it's a business. If th
by tuesdayrain 8y ago
>"Now I also feel insulted. So that's how much I was worth to you, but you waited for me to leave before adjusting my pay?"
I mean yeah, it's a business. If they paid him exactly what he was worth then he would make them a net profit of $0.
- sverhagen 8y agoI think market worth as perceived by the employer is shortened to "worth to you" in that sentence and then confused with how much the employee is making for the company. Every employee should create more value than they cost, for some relevant definitions of "value" and "cost". That doesn't mean they should get paid less (money, total benefits and whatever other vague upsides to coming to work) than what's reasonable in the marketplace for their job and their abilities.
- virgilp 8y agoThat is exactly the point. I'm not constantly optimizing my salary, so if I do get a significantly better offer, it'd better be because you couldn't afford to make me one that was competitive. Otherwise, screw you, I no longer want to work for you anyway.
- notabot 8y agoRight. So it is a world in which everyone is for themselves. Companies shouldn't blame employees having no loyality then. Having survived a few rounds of layoffs and saw colleagues let go, I said to myself "On a scale of 0 to 10, I will love this company as much it loves me -- 0".