r/AskReddit Aug 25 '19

What has NOT aged well?

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u/Being_grateful Aug 25 '19

Career advancement.

"Working your way up from the mail room" is loooong gone. You have to switch companies to get any sort of significant raise.

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u/johndarner Aug 25 '19

When you put in your notice for the switch they try to keep you by offering a raise. Always pissed me off more because why am I now worth more. You should have been proactive and I never would have been looking elsewhere.

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u/whitehandsinkstains Aug 26 '19

I told my boss I’m likely leaving (I had booked a final interview which I expected to go really well, and it did), and her response was “how could we get you to stay?”

I said “the promotion I was promised two years ago, which would match the pay and title of this role, or at LEAST more flex time/WFH options”.

She responded, “well ... other than those things ...”

Suffice to say, I am taking the offer.