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but if you really like your job you should be aware of the risk I get your last line, I really do. But what I and many others have found by going through this
by wyclif 5y ago
but if you really like your job you should be aware of the risk
I get your last line, I really do. But what I and many others have found by going through this COL raise cycle several times is that leaving for a role that offers 30%+ total comp isn't much of a risk. Think of what that offer signals. It's not just money. Does anyone really think that a company willing to make an offer like that is going to be a worse place to work at compared with your previous company in terms of non-salary perks, benefits, and quality of projects?
- borski 5y agoSometimes, yes. Twice I’ve been offered roles that paid literally 2x my salary at that time (which was already pretty high), but did so because they knew the work was boring and they had trouble finding great engineers for it. Sometimes, the salary gap is literally there because the work is that much less interesting, and whether it’s attractive or not depends on your values.
- satsuma 5y agoit could also be there because the work is for a company that some have moral objections to, like raytheon or meta. i think i remember a story on here that meta had to highball offers for similar positions when compared to their contemporaries because of how they've been torched in the media lately. i think of it like free agency in sports -- unsuccessful teams, teams in small/undesirable markets, and teams with unliked coaching/management will have to pay a premium to attract talent. why go to detroit, a basement dweller team with a coach who is universally reviled when you can go to los angeles and be on a winning team with a respected front office for a modest pay cut?