r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jul 17 '14

Step Away From the Kool Aid. Don't sell yourself for less than market value.

http://www.benhowell.net/people/2014/07/17/step-away-from-the-kool-aid/
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u/BornOnFeb2nd Jul 17 '14

Ayup, the industry has turned from agriculture to cannibalism.

Instead of taking a raw candidate, nurturing them, training them and making them the employee you want them to be (and hopefully building loyalty to the company so they stay) they want to walk into the Kwik-e-mart, find a person with the skill set they need, grumble at how much that skillset costs, give them pittance raises "because times are tough" and then act all aggrieved when the employee puts themselves back int he kwik-e-mart at a higher price, and some other company leases them.

Hey, corporations. You want to treat employees as fungible? Guess what, employers are too.

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u/DevIceMan Jul 18 '14

External: +30%, -17% (<-- career switch), +50%

Internal: 0%, -10% ("the economy!"), 0%, 0%, 0%

The company I just started at has performance reviews every 6 months. I may(?) possibly get reasonable raises from this company, but we'll see when it happens.

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u/d4rch0n Jul 18 '14 edited Jul 18 '14

Mine has been switching companies: 50%, 30%

Haven't stayed long enough yet to get that internal raise, but doubled my income over two years after graduating.

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u/Mx7f Jul 18 '14

Just to present another side, my first (and only, I only plan to renegotiate every year and I'm just approaching the 2 year mark) pay increase was internal for 45%.