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When a company hires anyone they want to pay the bare minimum for the labor. I get that. So when they hired me, they gave me the bare minimum they could at the
by PenguinCoder 4y ago
When a company hires anyone they want to pay the bare minimum for the labor. I get that. So when they hired me, they gave me the bare minimum they could at the time to get me to agree to come work for them. I didn't start out with this mindset, but the company hasn't done anything more to reward my hard work other than their bare minimum yearly merit raise. Accounting for inflation my purchasing power now is WORSE than when I was hired.
> But then, if you're not doing anything more than the minimums/what you're expected to do, why would you expect anything more than minimum compensation raises?
I put this back in the companies court. Why would I want to go out of my way to do more than the bare minimum when you won't offer more than that for my efforts? I didn't start out with that mentality but it's been shown that these companies will absolutely take advantage of that for their benefit. For over a decade I've done Way more than the bare minimum for work, taking on more projects, responsibilities and impossible deadlines. Delivered 'steller' results, and pioneered work efficient improvements, etc. Every single year have gotten a 'top performer' yearly review. Every year except 1, received a measly 3% raise and told I should be happy it's so high.
After a decade of being lied to, shit on, and taken advantage of; tell me _why_ would I continue to put in amazing efforts for shit compensation increase? I don't expect great raises for mediocre work. But I did expect great raises for documented great work. That hasn't happened and frankly, I'm beyond busting my ass for piddly pay and being told I should be thankful for it.
Again, what I said in my parent comment. They want to pay the minimum, they'll get the minimum effort.
- Flankk 4y agoThe point is you're not solving anything with this approach. You have chosen a lose-lose solution. What people need to understand is that the same problem exists outside of capitalism. You will continue to get the short end of the stick until you gain leverage.
- handoflixue 4y ago> You have chosen a lose-lose solution. When I go to the store, there is a listed price for an apple. I pay that price, and nothing more. I get an apple, and nothing more. That's not lose-lose. > Turn up on time. Do your job. Do it right. Do whatever is asked of you provided it's lawful, reasonable. This is a totally reasonable transaction. You're not slacking off. You're not failing to do your reasonable duties. You're not showing up 2 hours late, or playing hooky. > Do not one thing more than that. If someone is asking you to do something unreasonable, you should have the freedom to refuse that. It should not be considered a defection or a betrayal. It might not always solve things, but it should be a normal and satisfactory outcome. Again, this is the outcome every time I go to the grocery store
- laboratorymice 4y ago> You will continue to get the short end of the stick until you gain leverage. How you gain leverage is situational. At some companies, going above and beyond actually _reduces_ leverage, because you may find that after five years working at said company, the value you add is mostly tied to your knowledge of company internals (processes, systems, people, etc), and you may have actually fallen behind in the actual "transferable" skills that the market values.
- quickthrower2 4y agoYeah this is the tension. Learn something to benefit the company? Or throw Redux/Kubernetes/Microservices/Rust on everything for a killer CV?