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> In short, there’s a lot more corporate bureaucracy in giving a raise than there is to giving a higher offer to a new hire. As an IC, it’s hard to sympathize
by SamuelAdams 3y ago
> In short, there’s a lot more corporate bureaucracy in giving a raise than there is to giving a higher offer to a new hire.
As an IC, it’s hard to sympathize with this argument. This is corporate bureaucracy that a company *chose* to create. How they got here is a matter of debate, but this doesn’t feel like a good justification for not rewarding loyal, high level performers.
This argument always stuck me as a weak appeal to (an ambiguous) authority.
- Aeolun 3y agoWhile that is true. It's also not helpful. You are working for a company with a corporate bureaucracy. It's not going to disappear just because you think it's unfair, so you have to get your raise within the bounds of that system.
- habitue 3y agoYou're both right, this is an is vs. ought problem
- hapless 3y agoIt is a fact of life. You don't have to like it, or embrace it, but it remains true. It is generally easier to get a raise than to get promoted. It is generally easier to get a new job than to get a raise. On balance, if you want to maximise earnings as an IC, you are gonna change jobs more often than you get an above-inflation raise.