Ask HN: Did you change jobs during the Great Reshuffling and regret it?

Post by toyg » Sun, Apr 10, 2022, 3:48 PM UTC

ldoughty wrote: post #59

toyg wrote: post #11

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> a 2-4% raise a year if I was lucky (which we all know is a pay cut in disguise when you consider inflation) Well, when inflation was around 2-3%, it was alright: one could more or less keep up, without having to change. But this year inflation skyrocketed and now that's definitely not good enough.

A raise keeping up with inflation says to employees that you do not believe they are any more valuable this year than they were last. Most other companies would view e.g. 7 years progressing experience worth more than 4 years.. or 5 years with AWS experience is better than 2.. So I would argue it is not alright, unless it was the anomaly, not the expectation...

Post by leetcrew » Sun, Apr 10, 2022, 6:39 PM UTC

toyg wrote: post #61

ldoughty wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A raise keeping up with inflation says to employees that you do not believe they are any more valuable this year than they were last. Most other companies would view e.g. 7 years progressing experience worth more than 4 years.. or 5 years with AWS experience is better than 2.. So I would argue it is not alright, unless it was the anomaly, not the expectation...

I'd argue that what you describe is seniority, which should be reflected in job title changes - with related salary increases. If your title does not change, you're effectively expected to carry out the same job as last year, so it makes sense to keep your salary static after inflation. If your title does not change after 3-4 years, you can assume that management has no real intention to help you with career progress…