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Companies won't hire senior people for junior roles because they don't want someone who will leave soon.
by nerdponx 3y ago
Companies won't hire senior people for junior roles because they don't want someone who will leave soon.
- lacrimacida 3y agoThey could upgrade the hire to senior if the hire was competent.
- jmye 3y agoI consistently found the opposite - I did alter some past titles, but moving from a management role to a lead/senior IC role opened up opportunities (I ended up not taking them). It also potentially eases transitions between industries. It will definitely raise a question, so if you go that route, it’s useful to figure out what your explanation is. But if you’re staring at depleted savings, it’s a potential path.
- altdataseller 3y agoMoving from management to senior IC isn’t really a downgrade though. It’s a lateral move
- jmye 3y agoReally depends on the company, in my experience. They should be lateral, but especially larger/older companies, the path from, for instance, analyst->sr analyst->manager is pretty defined, and there’s not often a separate path to a “lead” IC role at the same rate as the manager.