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"I switch jobs every 2 years for a raise" vs "my employer laid me off, this should be illegal". You get the good with the bad. It's easier to get hired if it's

"I switch jobs every 2 years for a raise" vs "my employer laid me off, this should be illegal". You get the good with the bad. It's easier to get hired if it's easy to get fired. I'd buy your point about power imbalance if it was about blue collar workers. But not for IT, where jobs are plentiful and compensation is through the roof. Why not start a coop with likeminded folks and give yourselves the protection from being laid off?

gusgus01 4y ago
"I switched jobs" lets you plan, eg a small gap in unemployment to reduce missed paychecks or to minimize chance of needing COBRA. "My employer laid me off" doesn't and adds on the implications of a lay off in your field of work, so you get to start your search after being unemployed and possibly in a field with many others looking for jobs.
- luckylion 4y ago
  What I meant was: especially in IT employees feel zero loyalty to their employer. On the other side, they expect their employers to be loyal to them. The same is true in reverse, too, companies don't care about their employees but feel betrayed when the employees leave for greener pastures. Everyone plays the same game. If you want to work in a stable environment where you don't get fired and your promotions and raises are few and far between and planned years in advance, you go and find a job in some bureaucracy. If you want the benefits of fast-moving high-compensation private economy, it feels weird to complain that this also includes quick termination on occasion.
BizarreByte 4y ago
A lot of us don’t switch jobs every two years. The only reason I left my last employer after 5 years was because they were bought and shut down. I’d love to find somewhere I could just spend the next 20 years, but that’s hard to find. There’s no job security no matter how good you are.

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"I switch jobs every 2 years for a raise" vs "my employer laid me off, this should be illegal". You get the good with the bad. It's easier to get hired if it's

by luckylion 4y ago

gusgus01 4y ago
"I switched jobs" lets you plan, eg a small gap in unemployment to reduce missed paychecks or to minimize chance of needing COBRA. "My employer laid me off" doesn't and adds on the implications of a lay off in your field of work, so you get to start your search after being unemployed and possibly in a field with many others looking for jobs.
- luckylion 4y ago
  What I meant was: especially in IT employees feel zero loyalty to their employer. On the other side, they expect their employers to be loyal to them. The same is true in reverse, too, companies don't care about their employees but feel betrayed when the employees leave for greener pastures. Everyone plays the same game. If you want to work in a stable environment where you don't get fired and your promotions and raises are few and far between and planned years in advance, you go and find a job in some bureaucracy. If you want the benefits of fast-moving high-compensation private economy, it feels weird to complain that this also includes quick termination on occasion.
BizarreByte 4y ago
A lot of us don’t switch jobs every two years. The only reason I left my last employer after 5 years was because they were bought and shut down. I’d love to find somewhere I could just spend the next 20 years, but that’s hard to find. There’s no job security no matter how good you are.