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"Compensation is usually only part of why someone decided to leave." Bullshit. When you have a family to feed and loans to pay compensation absolutely is a cri
by fsloth 8y ago
"Compensation is usually only part of why someone decided to leave."
Bullshit. When you have a family to feed and loans to pay compensation absolutely is a critical part of why someone might decide to leave.
Any employer who tries to shame employees into accepting lower compensation than what the market offers by appealing into loyalty or misplaced honor are absolutely just trying to screw the employee over.
Best employers are nice and human, but also totally understand how the market works and are ready to play in it using fair negotiation tactics that involve only financial figures and no confidence tricks.
- reallydontask 8y agoI think the issue is that feeling underpaid is an issue that grows in importance with time as your spending power decreases and your hard work is not rewarded so that at some point it doesn't matter any more what the company offers. If you are doing interesting work, are treated well and keep getting regular raises then it's going to be a lot harder to want to leave even if you might be underpaid according to market rates. Granted this will only work if you are within a certain small percentage of market rate, ~10% and your financial circumstances allow it.
- fsloth 8y agoAh, yes, I was a bit too harsh. If you are already financially comfortable then the compensation surely matters less.