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[–] juice702 37 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I used to be one of the “loyal” ones but around covid time I decided to see where I could get by doing this. Since then, and three jobs later, my salary went from around 66k to now 105k. Current gig seems cool and a cake walk, so may stick around a bit.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Same! There was a shortage in IT for a little while and I took advantage of it and got a $30k increase! With same benefits and paid vacation.

Now even a 2% pay raise is significant on the salary I make. I feel like I'm finally being appreciated and paid what I'm really worth after a decade of struggling.

[–] 0110010001100010 9 points 5 months ago

Yep, I jumped ship a year ago and got a $50k increase! I also get a yearly bonus up to 10% of my salary. Feels good man.

[–] shalafi 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Preach. You gotta move to get paid. I have no idea why people would think their current employer would just throw them a gigantic increase.

[–] juice702 14 points 5 months ago

It's funny when I put in my notice in my last job and why, they magically had money to counter. Like where was this cash when I was closing difficult tickets and completing projects?