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Why do you have to switch workplaces to get higher raises?
March 14, 2012 at
03:33 PM
It seems so stupid. My current job wants to give me a 2% raise.... on 51k because I'm an "admin" - while others who get paid more then me and have the whole summer off get 3%
Friends are telling me the only way to get more is to switch workplaces. Problem is I really like the job, they just need to pay me!!
Friends are telling me the only way to get more is to switch workplaces. Problem is I really like the job, they just need to pay me!!
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Friends are telling me the only way to get more is to switch workplaces. Problem is I really like the job, they just need to pay me!!
Yes, in order to get a decent raise, you will need to leave. It's not uncommon for someone to leave and they get replaced with someone making the same and sometimes even more than the person that left! I can't explain it, I can only agree that it happens.
Yes, in order to get a decent raise, you will need to leave. It's not uncommon for someone to leave and they get replaced with someone making the same and sometimes even more than the person that left! I can't explain it, I can only agree that it happens.
Forget the fact that I TEACH 3 sections of technology...
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Forget the fact that I TEACH 3 sections of technology...
Forget the fact that I TEACH 3 sections of technology...
But where I'm from, if you TEACH at all, that percentage of your salary falls under the teachers contract! Sounds like this doesn't apply to you.
On the plus side, teachers will be gone in a few months and there isn't a nicer place to work over the summer . . . unless you're a teacher and don't have to work at all!
But where I'm from, if you TEACH at all, that percentage of your salary falls under the teachers contract! Sounds like this doesn't apply to you.
On the plus side, teachers will be gone in a few months and there isn't a nicer place to work over the summer . . . unless you're a teacher and don't have to work at all!
They get paid more, higher raise and then have 3 months to go do another "fun" job (I have a teacher friend who goes and drives a ski boat at a summer camp...that's his only job for 2 months) .....or just go on vacation.
My ex as one example. She started with 45k in an insurance company and 6 months later she found a higher level job with 20% more pay and less working hours. 2 years after we divorced and she went to another city. Well, salary increased of course. She met her current husband (as a client ) and never will work for a single day for the rest of her life.
On the other hand, I stayed in the same company for 8 years and never had too much break through. Then I lost that job, and found the current one. more paid, less work.
With real unemployment around 15%, I'm betting they will have a hard time filling your position.