I’ve increasingly observed how corporate United States is painfully stupid and inefficient and it continues to boggle my mind
B-b-but capitalism! Will rule out inefficient companies!
Yeah. The world is broken.
A few jobs back, my employer promoted me once within a year of starting from a new college graduate position to a junior position, then strung me along for three years with “you’re just not quite ready for a mid level position but you will be. Any day now!” This was all in spite of me doing the work of a senior position within the company for the last two years.
So I got a job at a different employer and went from a junior position to a senior position, like magic, nearly doubling my total income in the process. My coworker did the same, hopping from a senior position to a management position at my current employer. I’ve increasingly observed how corporate United States is painfully stupid and inefficient and it continues to boggle my mind
I’ve increasingly observed how corporate United States is painfully stupid and inefficient and it continues to boggle my mind
B-b-but capitalism! Will rule out inefficient companies!
Yeah. The world is broken.
hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
This is not just the US, it is the norm world wide.
It’s also not limited to job relations either. “New customer? Let me show you this sweet deal.” - “Oh, you’re already a customer? Then it’s full price I’m afraid”
You need to regularly review/change contracts.
derpgon@programming.dev 4 months ago
Back in my (born 1996) days, the longer you were a customer the sweeter deals you had. 8 years already a customer? Maybe we can strike a cheaper offer rather than you running to someone else.
hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
I might be older than your dad and I don’t recall seeing an offer like this. 😊
derpgon@programming.dev 4 months ago
Used to be the norm here in Czechia, maybe your country wasn’t as progressive 🤔
StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I am their dad and I have no idea what they’re talking about.
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
I’m in Australia and we still do this? I have a loyalty discount for being a customer for 7 years, AU$57/month for unlimited data on my mobile and free calls to 40 countries ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
derpgon@programming.dev 4 months ago
They got rid of it here, sadly. Or at least i haven’t seen any loyalty behavior from the big brands lately.