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Few direct managers have the ability to give you a raise that a new employer would, in cases where you're being underpaid relative to the market. They also rar
by majormajor 7y ago
Few direct managers have the ability to give you a raise that a new employer would, in cases where you're being underpaid relative to the market.
They also rarely have much influence over work flexibility or benefits.
- steelframe 7y ago> Few direct managers have the ability to give you a raise that a new employer would I'm usually very up-front with my reports on this. I make it very clear that I cannot compete with other companies on an immediate short-term compensation bump, so if they prioritize "money now" over everything else, then they should go out and interview. However in the four years that I was a manager at my previous company, nobody on my team ever took me up on the advice to switch companies to get more money faster.
- const_throwaway 7y ago>immediate short-term compensation bump Did you believe you could deliver better long term compensation? This phrasing suggests that, it's a clever way to suggest something without promising it.
- steelframe 7y ago> Did you believe you could deliver better long term compensation? Usually, but not always. Of course it's impossible to predict 4+ years into the future, because so many factors can come into play on that time scale.