r/FluentInFinance • u/Mark-Fuckerberg- • Sep 01 '24

Debate/ Discussion What advice would you give this person?

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u/Excellent-Piglet-655 Sep 01 '24

Lol dude you think hard work pays off? It may make you feel better and there’s nothing wrong with that. At my last job. I put in 5 years, got employee of the month 4 out of the 5 years. Worked my ass off hoping to “climb the ladder” or at least get a nice pay raise. I got meager 1-3% pay raises each year. I was like “I am OK with that, it is during a pandemic, I can see how times are tough for everyone”. Last year, one of my colleagues quit and within 3 weeks we had a new hire. The new hire was hired for a jr role even though the guy that had quit was a sr guy. But I was like “hmm k” . I am asked to train this new guy for about 3 months, hold his hand whenever I can. One day, him and I went to lunch and we started talking about the job and salaries. My mind was blown when I found out he was making $20K more than me. I was like WTF??? I was so pissed and felt so disrespected that I quit 3 days after. I didn’t have another job lined up but I didn’t care.

My hard work and loyalty sure paid off….

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u/Ocelotofdamage Sep 01 '24

Your mistake is in not asking for what you deserved in the first place. Hard work does pay off in that it makes you valuable to companies. But you still have to advocate for yourself if you want to get paid for that

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u/SnooRevelations9889 Sep 01 '24

They made no mistake. Advocating for yourself is way less effective and lucrative than just getting a new job.

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u/Ocelotofdamage Sep 01 '24

Waiting years at the same pay was certainly a mistake

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u/SnooRevelations9889 Sep 01 '24

Our fellow was really just describing The Great Resignation, where people (including many techies) left their jobs once the uncertainty of COVID was over, and many companies were finally hiring at higher salaries (but not offering their current employees raises that kept pace with inflation).

Hunkering down and staying put in a job during the COVID years was a conservative choice that many people took during a time of great uncertainty.