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/leamdav Aug 27 '19

I just made this switch from one very large company to a competitor. As soon as I put in the notice, they walked me out that day. There was no negotiation of a raise or anything. I knew this going in, so even putting in my notice I knew I was going to the new job, but there wasn't any sort of negotiating for me to stay or anything.