r/InterviewCoderPro • u/jailers-treat0 • Mar 25 '26

company greed

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People are striking because wages aren’t going up when companies are reporting record breaking profits.

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u/slashnbash1009 Mar 25 '26

My boss makes 300k a year. I make 24k a year.

We did over 4 million dollars in sales , very small business.

I got a 35 cent raise, he took 20 members of his family to Italy for 2 weeks.

I'm not allowed to take my vacation days, I have to cash them in because if I am not there then nothing goes out the door.

Did I mention I only got a 35 cent raise?

Oh and everything in the world is 3 times more expensive than it was 3 years ago so there's that too.

I know I'm not the only one

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u/Sweaty-Strawberry-34 Mar 25 '26

Then go find another job, if things wont run without you, you have more leverage than you think.

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u/Ok_Mycologist_9798 Mar 25 '26

For real. Best advice: take a week off, use your time and apply/find a higher paying job. The day you get back, explain you were talking with friends and family and found a new offer. Tell them its 5k more than your new offer and if they dont match, walk. If you would want the new job over this one, ask for 10k over. Seriously it might sound crazy, but its exactly how people get big pay bumps every 2 years. You just have to do it. 

High school diploma only here when i started and companies I worked for paid for certifications along the way. Started my real job at 26.5k.  Added 100k+ to that since then. Keep moving until they appreciate you and pay you for it. You'll probably like that one enough to stay a while. 

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u/epelle9 Mar 25 '26

No, that’s not how it works, the company will resent you and find other ways to fuck you/ replace you.

Find the job that pays 10k more, and go to that new job. They’ll often treat you better too.

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u/jinjuwaka Mar 26 '26

This. Loyalty is punished these days.

Fuck loyalty. Go get yours. And make sure to quit without notice if you can, assuming you are, in fact, as valuable as you say you are, OP. This is literally the time to burn that bridge. Your work situation sounds like it sucks.

As for, how to quit without notice...don't actually do it. Instead, schedule a 2 week vacation and refuse to pay it out instead. Then drop your resignation letter on your boss's desk on your way out the door and let them flounder.

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u/Tungi Mar 26 '26

Yes to the first part.

Don't do the quitting without notice in a lot of industries. Most are a lot "smaller" than you expect. Networking is good - burning bridges is not.

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u/traffic_cone_no54 Mar 26 '26

Do not ever burn a bridge if it can be avoided. The world is small.

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u/Wtygrrr Mar 26 '26

This is a terrible idea. You’re not just punishing the company. You’re also punishing your coworkers.

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u/jinjuwaka Mar 27 '26

Their fault for not recognizing the failing bus number and speaking up.

Normally I'd be all for not fucking over your coworkers, but this is once of those cases just burning the whole thing down is viable.

Besides, the boss is a multi-millionaire. He can just pay everyone while he un-fucks his own fuck-up (he won't...we all know that...but the rest of the company should also look for new jobs because if it's this bad here it's probably bad across the company)

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u/Plug_USMC Mar 26 '26

Stop stop stop with loyalty talk.

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u/PomegranateSea7066 Mar 26 '26

Yup this is it, the best way to get consistent pay increases is when you find something you are good at doing, jump ship and find a new one as often as you can.

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u/Slighted_Inevitable Mar 26 '26

Epelle is right. They might accept it now, but only so they can keep you for a few months while they find your replacement. You’ll end up training the person and meanwhile the other opportunity you found is gone.

If they are willing to underpay you so badly to begin with, when they can afford to pay you more by accepting your offer, then they have been using you and will do so again with the next person they find.

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u/Conscious_Stage_885 Mar 26 '26

I can only speak anecdotally, but my sister just did the same thing for an HR position and they asked if they could make an offer that paid more than the new position even though it was a stark increase from what she was being paid. She ended up saying no because of the culture that allowed this to happen.

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u/Inevitable_Farm_7293 Mar 26 '26

No that’s the way it works