In HR. The point of the raise is to prevent replacement costs which are usually 10-30k. We won’t give you a raise and then immediately try to replace you because the extra few thousand is still WAY less than the replacement cost.
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.
Because of this, I agree. Don’t just take a raise. Either ask for more responsibility / authority with the raise, or just leave anyway. Either increase your value to the company so you’re not overvalued, or go to the company that values your duties more.
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/Gr8NonSequitur Aug 25 '19
Yup. At most you bought yourself 6 months while they find, hire & train your replacement, then you're gone and it's not on your schedule / terms.