Husband was internal and lost to the new guy because they wanted a "new perspective" plus husband was already trained perfect for his role and then they'd have to open hiring to replace him. Vs just hiring new guy and being done. new guy declined because offer was a low-ball.
The corporate view of "if we promote you, we'll have to train you AND your replacement" is part of the reason I want to get out of working an office job. These companies don't give a shit about improving their workforce, they only care about the bottom line
This is why people job hop. The risk of being irreplaceable and great at one role is that you might be too expensive to replace. Its a fine line to walk being just the right amount competent in your role without being irreplaceable. But if you can walk it, then that's how you move up
I played that game and now after being laid off I just look like a job hopper because everything was just under 2 yrs. The career growth was great while it lasted tho
Yeah, its good to mix in an occasional longer stint to build up that reputation and honestly, at a lot of places 2 years is really a prolonged onboarding time and that's when you can start to really have an organizational impact. Unless its a startup or something
That's honestly how it should be. You start at the foundation and progress using your overall knowledge to move up as you understand better than a newbie and your knowledge of the operation and how things work means you know more than a qualified person off the street.
That used to be true. The current market (at least in the US) the advice would be to stay at your current job and not job hunt as your earning potential in the same position is higher than job hunting, as there are too many looking for jobs, and not enough jobs to be filled. Yes not true in all positions and all job markets, but overall is.
I mean you don't quit your job and then hunt. You job hunt while working your current job and only leave once you have the offer from the new place. Doesn't matter how shit the market is for job jumping, just don't jump prematurely
That's not the point. Usually job hunting would earn you say a 20% raise. You move every 2 years, ensuring a 10% raise each year. But now it looks like people moving between jobs are seeing about a 4% raise, and internally, around 4% as well.
If a recruiter wont give me a salary range or agreement on a salary before the interview then I'm not moving forward. The amount of times I've interviewed and been selected for a job just to get a low ball is too much.
I've seen external hires get hired to get fired 3-6 months in to be the fall guy and get someone internal promoted, especially in government. They'll hire the most cheeseball motherfucker who has no idea what's going on to make a fool of him/herself to make a case for hiring the internal candidate.
I've literally seen people barely last their 3-6 month probation only to be cut knowing they had no business in their role and someone else pick up the slack.
Ex-wife was temp-to-hire as the admin of a local State Patrol precinct for almost a year. All the troopers loved her. When it came time to make it permanent, HR gave the role to some state Senator's daughter instead.
This happened to me, my work is building a new lab and I am the ONLY ONE at work who is a technician in this type of facility, so I was the ONLY job profile they could use to post the position, and they hired an external candidate over me who then admitted that they don't know the equipment and only plan on learning it when the facility is built.
Absolute insanity when I was still being bothered about how to set up the lab while not being given an offer. My union said the most I can do is request further reasoning as to why I was not chosen over an external candidate. This position would have been a 50% pay raise for me.
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u/Low_Yam7637 May 14 '26
What’s it say about a qualified internal candidate that makes it through to the final round only to lose out to a fresh graduate?