I can't help but think that this post is astroturfing by a company that keeps losing its employees due to better conditions elsewhere. The thought of feeling guilty for an employer is preposterous to me.
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#32I made the jump about a year ago (over WFH). Zero regrets. Love my new role.
A company is not a person, and when the going gets touch, it will not treat you like a person either.
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#33There's a version of you in a parallel universe that kept their old job and is feeling like they have lost a big opportunity and regretting not getting out of their zone of comfort, like you did.
Seriously, congratulations on your new job.
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#34I changed jobs about six months ago. overall it was a pretty nice place to work, but they didn't pay enough to retain people. they froze raises during the pandemic despite continuing to post profits >30%. I left for a role where I get paid twice as much to work a little harder. the old company countered with a ~10% raise on my way out the door. I do miss my old team, but apparently that company just didn't value my work very highly.
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#35Most companies will axe you without a second thought. The concept of loyalty to a company is akin to Stockholm syndrome.
Loyalty to people? Sure. But corporations aren’t people.
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#36I can't help but think that this post is astroturfing by a company that keeps losing its employees due to better conditions elsewhere. The thought of feeling guilty for an employer is preposterous to me.
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#37Traitor? To a company? What a concept. Corps will happily throw people on the street.. I don't understand that guilt that seems interwoven in your post. I changed jobs recently and got much better pay and WLB. Not doing so would have been betraying myself.
> I don't understand that guilt that seems interwoven in your post. An account called "buttocks", with corresponding smiley in description... the potential for being trollish in nature is relatively high.
Their history shows dozens of normal comments over a ~3 month period. If they're trolling, it's a very long troll.
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#38traitor and a sell out? did you stop working for a charity and start working for facebook or nestle or something?
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#39Overall I left for a reason and it wasn’t just about the money because my old company offered to match. I feel excited about my work in a way I haven’t felt in years. There’s no way my old company could have given me that. It’s hard to build up a new reputation but it’s totally worth it just to not feel that terrible boredom/burnout feeling anymore. People are nicer and it’s a much better work culture too. And pay is better. No regrets yet.
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#40Loyalty is for people, not corporations. I also don't think generalizing about what "companies deserve" is super useful, and definitely not something to internalize.
Personally, I feel a moral duty to do my best work wherever I happen to be employed, but it's still transactional. If they treat me well, and the work is interesting, I'm more likely to stay, but it's not an obligation. Now, if some individuals really stick their neck out for me, that does buy some loyalty, but only within reason. At the end of the day it's still a business and when the winds shift leadership will have to put the overall business health ahead of individuals.