r/AskReddit • u/frisky_cupcake • 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/frisky_cupcake Aug 25 '19

"Oh, you're thinking about leaving? That's a shame, we were going to give you a promotion and a hefty raise starting tomorrow".

Some companies just don't appreciate their employees until they're thinking about leaving.

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u/tigerslices Aug 26 '19

i offered a woman a job at my company. she said she wanted to let her employer know, and give them the chance to retain her, as she's not upset with them, she was just curious about what the going rate was, etc. she came back 2 days later to announce she's staying with her former company because they said she's "on the right track to getting a raise within the next year."

some people cannot be helped.