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Minneapolis has a weird thing going on that skews the salaries to the low end of the scale. People just don't move. I've tried to recruit a couple friends who a
by rada 14y ago
Minneapolis has a weird thing going on that skews the salaries to the low end of the scale. People just don't move. I've tried to recruit a couple friends who are really unhappy in their jobs, and they don't want to even hear about it. Literally: they hate their boss, the work is stale, the commute is an hour each way, the salary is low - and yet, they won't even consider a job that offers a 30% raise, half the commute, newest technologies, a $5k equipment package, work from home twice a week, etc. It's mind boggling, but there it is.
In my experience, the higher salaries are easily available. I've been consistently offered much more than $70k and the recruiters are desperate. So I'd say the job market in Minneapolis is actually quite hot - it's the talent that doesn't take advantage of it.
- babs474 14y agoThis is right on. It is so frustrating to see really excellent talent rot away in some intertech cube farm, but I see it a lot. Is it a midwest culture thing? I guess it opens up opportunities for people who aren't so risk averse though.
- rada 14y agoIs it a midwest culture thing? I don't know. Any thoughts are welcome.
- pnathan 14y agoI work with people who think shifting jobs more than once per 5 years means you're sketchy. So there's that too.
- emperorcezar 14y agoI live outside Chicago. People in the midwest tend to be here because it's where family is. You can offer anything you want, but it would have to be ridiculous to get my wife to move away from her family.
- sopooneo 14y agoJust to clarify, do you mean that people won't move to Minneapolis, won't move from Minneapolis, or people all over the country generally don't want to relocate?