Lots of comments that we need significant raises, we are benchmarking behind our peers, we aren't paid enough, etc. Anyone have actual data to support these claims? When I look at job postings, the suggested salary range is well below what I get paid now and what I would be willing to accept to leave.
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Post ID: @OP+1jmnZ0ry: you sound so arrogant or delusional 😜. Would hate to hot desk around someone clueless like you sound. This is a layoff site Dilbert🤣
I left for a large US manufacturing company for a 25% increase before bonus. I know multiple engineers and supervisors that have left for manufacturing/chemicals companies that are “oil and gas adjacent” for solid increases and better cultures/schedules as well. It doesn’t have to just be leaving for big tech.
I left about a year ago now, did some consulting then decided to work full-time at a smaller shop. Overall my base increased 22%. Additionally , I receive an annual bonus, 20% of my base, and an annual profit sharing that’s equivalent to 20% of my base pay. The bonus and equity pay outs can range from 0%-200% dependent on company performance. It’s all going to boil down to the level of risk you’re willing to tolerate for the reward. Added perks are that my office is 5 miles from my house and 9/80 schedule but the drawback is that I need to be in the office 100% of the time. Not a bad trade off when I discount the drive I was making to the HQ.
Can anyone that has left and found a pay increase tell us what company they’re with? I’m on the fence on deciding whether to leave or not and want to know where to look.
10-20% of what? Percentages are useless unless you have baseline to compare against.
I left and landed a 10% pay increase, an extra week of vacation, 9/80s with hybrid and an office with real walls and a door. Would have left for half my pay to escape the toxicity that EM culture has evolved into in the last 3 years. I was NRE but I feared staying any longer would have ruined my health. It's scary to let go of something you relied on for security over decades but there are much better places to work out there. And the best perk of all is knowing I will not be asked again to train yet another of my colleague's replacements over zoom.
I left for a 15% increase and better vacation, 9/80, and hybrid.
I contribute with one data point. Resigned 6 months ago for a 20% increase.
It is location and function dependent. If you think you are well paid, you probably are for your location and function.