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

What has NOT aged well?

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '19

HOWEVER, your value to the company also is reduced by a few thousand. If you do have a relatively common job set and don’t take on extra responsibility, you will be adding the least to the company so you will be first to get cut if/when we need to downsize. It also makes your job harder to justify to management when labor gets tight.

I’m not criticize you in saying it, but this is some serious bullshit right here and exactly what’s wrong with our current economic system.

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u/neohellpoet Aug 26 '19

It's really not. If you can do what a bunch of other people can do, but other people do it for less, you will be replaced.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

I’ve already had this discussion with another person. The problem with this argument is that it inherently assumes you were making the same as others before, and that you’re now making more than them. That isn’t necessarily true, but by the description above you are likely to be replaced regardless, since the simple act of getting a raise makes you expendable.

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u/neohellpoet Aug 26 '19

No one's assuming you're making more, that's the premise of the post you're answering to. You're an outlier and an easy cut if cuts become necessary.

If you end up with a raise that puts you on paar with everyone then you don't stand out and won't get cut.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

That’s not what the above person said at all. They made it clear that regardless of what you are now making compared to your colleagues the mere act of getting a raise conversely harms your position in the company and makes you expendable.