- cross-posted to:
- workreform@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- workreform@lemmy.world
‘I’m proud of being a job hopper’: Seattle engineer’s post about company loyalty goes viral::undefined
‘I’m proud of being a job hopper’: Seattle engineer’s post about company loyalty goes viral::undefined
Ain’t nobody giving increases like new bosses.
You want loyalty? That’s what pensions were for. Fuck your 401k, I can invest myself, thanks.
You want loyalty? Give better increases.
You can’t match your own contributions, though.
It’s only up to 6% though.
It’s still free money. Between maxing that ans espp, I basically got a free $16k last year.
Yeah it’s free money but it’s not as much as what grandfather would have gotten in his pension
Spot on.
At the end of the day, software developers desire two things: An interesting technical challenge, and fair pay/benefits for the work done. If you can’t provide either, you have a problem. Not the employee.
Companies like to straddle the technical challenges appeal where they’re innovative risk takers but don’t you dare try to improve on any existing system. If they just want firefighters then say so and accept that people aren’t going to be passionate about it.
Companies don’t even take risks anymore. They wait for some startup to take all the risks, acquire them, and integrate some partial abomination into their existing product