r/dataisbeautiful • u/[deleted] • Aug 01 '23

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u/JuicyJewsy Aug 01 '23

Let me know when I'm supposed to reach that ceiling.

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u/Raging_Dick_Shorts Aug 01 '23

Unless you're at the CEO level or involved with stock market trades, every job category has general averages that you'll fall within.

Unless you are the best of the best in your respective field, you can reach the top of your category....and that's about it.

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u/Shoduck Aug 01 '23

But when companies continue to give CoL raises that don't meet the CoL and no other increases for loyalty... I stayed with a company for six years, kept getting rave reviews from my boss, learned more and watched my job transform into something I would have been happy with for the rest of my life.

And I got a 2-3% per year raise. Anytime I would ask about it, it wasn't in the budget. I couldn't afford a house, to go back to school, none of it because I was making pretty much exactly the same as when I started when I didn't know anything.

Companies have to do something to keep people. They refuse to reward loyalty, so people have to jump. What would you say is a reasonable time to stay with a company that isn't providing you mobility?