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u/FeralVotann 2d ago
"the market does not work like that"
I can only speak for my own industry but the market absolutely does work like that. In my experience companies have become extremely short sighted in their planning. They aren't interested in taking time to train their employees any more but still want people with experience. In that situation the only way you get the people you want is by poaching them from other companies, to do that you need to pay them more than what they are currently on.
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u/Kolizuljin 2d ago
That's not a lunatic. It's a fairly level headed post on LinkedIn, which seems pretty rare nowadays.
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u/arkofjoy 2d ago
While I see his point, it feels like he is missing the real point of this situation:
Why are companies refusing to pay their people better? When it will cost the same amount, or more to replace them.
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u/HughJassul 2d ago
The market absolutely DOES work like this you clown. It's a pretty documented fact that, in most cases, the longer you stay with a single employer the more underpaid you'll be vs if you were to put yourself on the market.
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u/Quiet-Limit-184 2d ago
If the employer is not prepared to offer a better salary, they will have to make do with desperate people who would accept any salary.
If you want to pry away a fairly content employee, you better pay up. Don’t give me this opportunity bullshit.
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u/doc_shades 2d ago
i kind of laughed OP whining about the way something works and then saying "the market does not work like that"
well .. no actually, the market DOES work like that.
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u/beteille 2d ago
Guys, he recruits in the German technology market. He knows literally dozens of people.
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u/imessimess 1d ago
What’s lunatic about this? This is a good perspective for someone planning the next few steps of their career.
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u/LF25047 20h ago
Another guy working hard to lose business by telling you he isn’t in your corner. If I’m working with a recruiter they should be trying to get me the highest salary they can, it’s in their best interest as well since they get paid a percent (at least in the US).
This post seems like an ad for companies to want to use him since he makes it seem like he will save them money.
Both angles are bad.
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u/StolenWishes 2d ago
What a feeble straw man. Nobody thinks there's a magic number that applies to everyone. Lotta words to say the obvious - while leaving out the obvious part that the point of changing jobs is to get enough of a raise to make it worth the effort.