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If only this guy knew how much money he left on the table by not switching jobs every 2 years.
by chrisco255 5y ago
If only this guy knew how much money he left on the table by not switching jobs every 2 years.
- teh_klev 5y agoHow do you know that he wasn't already being compensated well enough?
- tacocataco 5y agoOur lives are priceless. So IMO, everyone will always be underpaid.
- asd88 5y agoI know. He could have switched jobs and doubled his TC a long time ago.
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 5y agoi mean i 5x'd my tc with 1 job switch but i didn't start in faang
- skeeter2020 5y ago
- hdjrudni 5y agoty.
- Cthulhu_ 5y agoI did that too once when I went from a 6 hour part time after school job to my first proper job.
- headsoup 5y agoOr, perhaps this guy was happy and has enjoyed his whole career, rather than constantly seeking that bigger paycheck 'cos money rules. This guy might just ask how content you feel now, or are you already looking out for that next paycheck jump?
- o_m 5y agoHe would probably be happy somewhere else as well. You can look at not switching jobs as paying your employer thousands of dollars each year to keep working there, and it gets more expensive for each year you stay.
- headsoup 5y agoOr, if you think your employer's business is worthwhile and you are looked after well, why would you? It seems a common attitude these days that all workplaces are temporary and ripping you off if you stick around. Such ego. Someday these job-hoppers won't be so lucky to have such a market available and will wonder what happened. They might find out they're not as desirable as they think they are.
- SamoyedFurFluff 5y agoEmployees only started getting mercenary because the companies treated them like fodder. Listen to any union labor song to get an idea of how they were treated. Companies wouldn’t even pay you in money (only scrip) until the workers revolted. It’s really a bed made by companies, so they better lay in it.
- headsoup 5y agoI get that, but it's not quite the same as the sentiment here of 'change jobs every year or few or you're leaving money on the table' except also being based on greed and ego.
- SamoyedFurFluff 5y ago
- soneca 5y agoI think it is very very very unlikely that he would earn more money switching jobs as a salesman in a small town in Brazil during the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s. Almost no market is like software development in the 2010s and 2020s. Raises and promotions were a much more certain path for better compensation in his circumstances.
- imjk 5y agoI'm going to assume OP was being sarcastic.
- forinti 5y agoConsidering where he lives, the business he is in, and his timeframe, I doubt he would have benefited much from job hopping.