Loyalty at work no longer pays – and it's employers who are to blame
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Loyalty at work no longer pays – and it's employers who are to blame
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Re: Loyalty at work no longer pays – and it's employers who are to blame
#2This has been true for a very long time. It's not a modern phenomenon.
There was probably a "golden age" in the middle of the last century when it was a good idea to be a company man. But before that, and after that once the MBA mentality took over, workers have been treated like disposable units.
It only makes sense for a worker to strategize to maximize their own career and income, instead of placing their loyalties in a company that not only doesn't care about them, but actively propagandizes in an attempt to make its workers feel like "family."
Re: Loyalty at work no longer pays – and it's employers who are to blame
#3Here's a relevant chart: https://i.imgur.com/NJUJtmJ.png
Edit: apologies, it didn't export everything. Green is job stayer and orange is job switcher.
Source: https://www.atlantafed.org/chcs/wage-growth-tracker.aspx
Re: Loyalty at work no longer pays – and it's employers who are to blame
#4A good summary of modern work.
No real recommendations or research, and so fairly limited.
Re: Loyalty at work no longer pays – and it's employers who are to blame
#5I'm actually on my 9th employer and its surprising the difference - they pay people well, very few contractors, no outsourcing, constructive feedback, encouragement for internal mobility. Every other place was the opposite.
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#6The other point specifically for devs is how interviewing is such a different skill to normal work. The people with the best careers are almost always interviewing. If you constantly using that muscle you get really good. The guy I know who stayed in the same role for 15 years and got laid off is screwed because he's a great developer but doesn't know any of that stuff.
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#7> I know that what seems to most drive young people today is the freedom to pursue their passions. They care less about money and are financially driven as a means to an end, pursuing things like side hustles, immersive travel to unusual places, music festivals, costly fitness classes, and mental health investments like therapy and life coaches.
Fuck you pay me.
Re: Loyalty at work no longer pays – and it's employers who are to blame
#8The other point specifically for devs is how interviewing is such a different skill to normal work. The people with the best careers are almost always interviewing. If you constantly using that muscle you get really good. The guy I know who stayed in the same role for 15 years and got laid off is screwed because he's a great developer but doesn't know any of that stuff.
Yea, but who wants to be always interviewing? That sounds terrible.
At some point your life is going to have different priorities.
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#10I read it a bit, but it seems the article is little more than a single person's anecdotal observations.
I tuned out after reading about 40% ... there is no conclusive evidence presented, just one person's observations over their career ... then you get things like:
> The older I get, the more I understand what's been broken
well ... yeah, that's how it works