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Not only did my pay change not match inflation this year, but my overall income is lower now since I am now salary based position instead of hourly, but I end u
by Drybones 4y ago
Not only did my pay change not match inflation this year, but my overall income is lower now since I am now salary based position instead of hourly, but I end up working more than 40 hours a week due to degradation of our company and rapidly losing talent due to paying everyone well below industry average. I might technically make more per hour, but now I don't get any overtime like before.
The replacements for the talent leaving are way under qualified and even if they were qualified, we still wouldn't have enough people to handle things adequately beyond putting out fires.
I keep an eye on my finances. At this point, my net monthly income is breaking even only accounting for planned, repeatable, or necessary costs. When rent contract renews later this year, my rent will increase by over $1000/mo. With how the economics of the next couple of years looks like, I'm pretty stressed out.
My manager says I'm sadly at the top of the pay grade scale for our department and it can only change year over year by at most 10%. He says he wished it were different but it's all he can do. If nothing were to change for years, I would never reach close to industry average for this position for my area, which is rapidly getting more expensive in the past few years.
- lotsofpulp 4y ago> With how the economics of the next couple of years looks like, I'm pretty stressed out. The only solution is to find another buyer for your labor.
- Drybones 4y agoI've been trying for several months now. My ex-co-workers and close friends have been lucky to get jobs at MANGA companies, even referring me cause I was their technical senior. My luck has not been as good though. Just gotta keep trying I guess.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoBest of luck! I would be optimistic that doors open sooner rather than later.
- cercatrova 4y agoWhat do you do? And what's been the reason for the bad luck? If it's a badly done resume, or other such problem, that could be easily fixed, but if it's something else, it might be harder.
- Drybones 4y agoI'm a Senior Systems Administrator and team manager in the NOC for a multi-site Data Center company. I've gotten to the final round of interviews with several companies but they chose someone else instead in each case. IMO just a case of luck and timing with someone nudging me out or someone getting the position before my interview series is finished. Half of those companies reached out to me with recruiter themselves. I wouldn't say my resume is amazingly, but it's not preventing me from getting into interviews. I'm also not applying to a lot of different places or a variety of positions. I've been pretty selective for positions or companies that match what I'm interesting in doing and their work culture.