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Similar story here. Came to London with my existing (traditional) engineering company. After about 9 months (During COVID) got a series of offers from VC fina
by dbetteridge 6y ago
Similar story here.
Came to London with my existing (traditional) engineering company.
After about 9 months (During COVID) got a series of offers from VC financed startups around London for a 90-100% raise,
so after that happening for about 2 months I interviewed at a few places, got offered a role and then buggered off to somewhere willing to pay me properly.
Exit interview with the old company
Them: "What can we do to keep staff",
Me: "Pay people closer to the market rates outside comparable companies...",
Them: "Oh we can't afford to do that".
- dukeyukey 6y agoDuring my exit interview the HR person asked me what salary I'm getting. Figuring there's nothing to lose, I told her and said this is exactly why you've lost a dozen engineers to this company alone. To their credit, not long after I left basically the whole engineering department got a 30%+ raise, it's just a pity they didn't address the issue sooner.