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I don’t know what anyone should do. I think there are no black and white answers anywhere. But… I can tell you that there’s some weird recommendation right now

I don’t know what anyone should do. I think there are no black and white answers anywhere. But… I can tell you that there’s some weird recommendation right now that if you are the least bit unhappy, or have the slightest bit of FOMO, or have been slighted in the tiniest of ways… “that you must quit”. Like… that people are being convinced there is no value in having a current job if it isn’t your dream job. I just had a developer ghost us two weeks ago. Just not come in one day and only when repeatedly texted answered he is looking for other work. Besides the extremely unprofessional aspect, when pressed he had no answer for what we could do better except double his pay or why he wouldn’t look in his off time. We paid him a good salary for his resume and work, but he has somehow convinced himself that he can make double somewhere else and still work 32 hours a week with an extremely relaxed working environment. I just don’t get who is making these insane recommendations to people, or why anyone would listen. I wish our former guy luck, but whatever job you plan on taking - please don’t fucking ghost your employer out of no where.

37 5y ago
>But… I can tell you that there’s some weird recommendation right now that if you are the least bit unhappy, or have the slightest bit of FOMO, or have been slighted in the tiniest of ways… “that you must quit”. Yeah I have also found this, it's a bit strange. I think the pandemic changed it a lot as well. Employers got more desperate and employees noticed. >please don’t fucking ghost your employer. Yeah OP, please don't do this. Common courtesy and such. I encourage everyone to not be an asshole. You totally can, just try not to.
greatpostman 5y ago
The horror of someone wanting a better life!
- AnimalMuppet 5y ago
  The horror of someone getting a worse life because they improperly evaluated downside risk.
  - greatpostman 5y ago
    As a software developer, there’s basically no risk. The demand right now is off the charts.
    - AnimalMuppet 5y ago
      There's risk of going someplace that's dysfunctional. That's part of whether you're getting a better or worse life - it's not just based on money. Or are you saying that they can just switch again? They can, of course, but if you've switched N times in the last few years, at least some of the more functional places start becoming reluctant to hire you...
helij 5y ago
"We paid him a good salary for his resume and work, but he has somehow convinced himself that he can make double somewhere else and still work 32 hours a week with an extremely relaxed working environment." You sound like a reasonable human but the quoted is a huge red flag for me. Whenever someone said 'we pay him a good salary' it was far from the truth.

37 5y ago

>But… I can tell you that there’s some weird recommendation right now that if you are the least bit unhappy, or have the slightest bit of FOMO, or have been slighted in the tiniest of ways… “that you must quit”. Yeah I have also found this, it's a bit strange. I think the pandemic changed it a lot as well. Employers got more desperate and employees noticed. >please don’t fucking ghost your employer. Yeah OP, please don't do this. Common courtesy and such. I encourage everyone to not be an asshole. You totally can, just try not to.

greatpostman 5y ago

The horror of someone wanting a better life!

AnimalMuppet 5y ago
The horror of someone getting a worse life because they improperly evaluated downside risk.
- greatpostman 5y ago
  As a software developer, there’s basically no risk. The demand right now is off the charts.
  - AnimalMuppet 5y ago
    There's risk of going someplace that's dysfunctional. That's part of whether you're getting a better or worse life - it's not just based on money. Or are you saying that they can just switch again? They can, of course, but if you've switched N times in the last few years, at least some of the more functional places start becoming reluctant to hire you...

helij 5y ago

"We paid him a good salary for his resume and work, but he has somehow convinced himself that he can make double somewhere else and still work 32 hours a week with an extremely relaxed working environment." You sound like a reasonable human but the quoted is a huge red flag for me. Whenever someone said 'we pay him a good salary' it was far from the truth.