If you have an office job this is not an issue since your salary is way more that what most people make
Comment on Employees Who Stay In Companies Longer Than Two Years Get Paid 50% Less
5too@lemmy.world 5 months agoThen you realize, since your raises no longer even keep up with inflation, your current job is now underpaying you - making it more difficult to hold on to what you do have.
yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
LikeTearsInTheRain@lemmynsfw.com 5 months ago
Or alternately you jumped around a lot, make much more than your peers, and getting towards mid/late in your career where you become the target of layoffs for costing more than everyone else.
Lets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.ee 5 months ago
You get laid off… and then one of your connections from the last 15 roles has an open position that you fit in.
alternatively: you as 50something tech worker who has only had one gig for 15 years gets canned for whatever reason goes to the streets and every single employer who interviews you sees just how out of date you are with technology because you haven’t learned anything new in forever. You end up working at an arcade until eventually taking a huge pay cut becoming tech support or working for a low paying company nobody with experience wants to work for.
Shanedino@lemmy.world 5 months ago
So you’re part of the problem…?