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He 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 the

by o_m 4y ago

He 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 4y ago
Or, 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 4y ago
  Employees 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 4y ago
    I 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 4y ago
      Well then maybe companies should be paying their workers better such that they don’t have to switch jobs to optimize their careers. There is no point in blaming employees for a lack of loyalty when employees don’t control their incentives. Workers are merely operating in the system the corporations set up. If loyalty was that valuable, companies should reward that appropriately by paying them at least as much as an equivalent new hire, maybe even more because they’ve been around longer. Or companies can prioritize putting their most long standing employees in leadership positions, valuing the insight and knowledge of company operations. There are a bunch of things that can be done that often aren’t.
wasmitnetzen 4y ago
If he gets paid enough to support his envisioned lifestyle, maybe he doesn't need more money and changing employers is an unnecessary risk. Not everyone's main objective to maximize their lifetime earnings.

by o_m 4y ago

headsoup 4y ago

Or, 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 4y ago
Employees 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 4y ago
  I 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 4y ago
    Well then maybe companies should be paying their workers better such that they don’t have to switch jobs to optimize their careers. There is no point in blaming employees for a lack of loyalty when employees don’t control their incentives. Workers are merely operating in the system the corporations set up. If loyalty was that valuable, companies should reward that appropriately by paying them at least as much as an equivalent new hire, maybe even more because they’ve been around longer. Or companies can prioritize putting their most long standing employees in leadership positions, valuing the insight and knowledge of company operations. There are a bunch of things that can be done that often aren’t.

wasmitnetzen 4y ago

If he gets paid enough to support his envisioned lifestyle, maybe he doesn't need more money and changing employers is an unnecessary risk. Not everyone's main objective to maximize their lifetime earnings.