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> If you have someone that is quiet and does amazing work but doesn't seek out promotions and doesn't actively market their accomplishments then it could happen
by munificent 2y ago
> If you have someone that is quiet and does amazing work but doesn't seek out promotions and doesn't actively market their accomplishments then it could happen that they will lag on salary over time.
This is a win from the business's perspective. They are getting greater value for lower cost.
In my more cynical moments, I sometimes suspect that tech companies deliberately target the sort of low self-esteem perfectionist types for which this behavior is common specifically because the company sees an arbitrage opportunity between what the employee is worth and what the employee believes they are worth.
- SR2Z 2y agoThey absolutely do, but those companies end up getting labelled "burnout factories" like Applied Intuition or Scale AI and as a result have trouble both recruiting good seniors or retaining their juniors long enough for them to become senior. At the end of the day, companies run by adults treat their employees like adults and don't try to stiff them out of a misguided desire to save $100k over three years.