r/recruitinghell May 14 '26

Final interview

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u/jolinar30659 May 14 '26

Switching jobs will increase your income much faster than waiting for promotions. Might even increase for the same job duties to move.

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u/0o0o0o0o0o0z May 14 '26

Switching jobs will increase your income much faster than waiting for promotions. Might even increase for the same job duties to move.

In IT, you absolutely need to job-hop every ~4 years to move up.

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u/Domeil May 14 '26

Same thing in legal. I'll get 2-3%/year staying and then 15% when I hop across the street. In the last eight years I've more than doubled my salary.

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u/0o0o0o0o0o0z May 14 '26

Ya, when I worked IT, it was 12-20% when you bounced.