Re:How to waste your career, one comfortable year at a time
by wsc981 on Saturday October 17, 2020 @11:21AM
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Not sure if I agree with this. I grew up in The Netherlands and as a software developer I would change companies every 1.5-3 years. From my experience (in The Netherlands) many jobs will give you just a very small raise every year and the only way to make big financial gains is to job hop every now and then. Or go freelancing at which point you set your own rates.
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Re:How to waste your career, one comfortable year at a time
by durnygbur on Saturday October 17, 2020 @11:26AM
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> From my experience (in The Netherlands) many jobs will give you just a very small raise every year and the only way to make big financial gains is to job hop every now and then.
That's a paradox I've encountered. Companies don't reward loyalty of their current employees, yet they prefer CVs signalling loyalty to the employer.
Contracting is underdog relation for the freelancer in many industries in Europe, some companies use it as vestibule to the full time employment contract.
Re:How to waste your career, one comfortable year at a time
by goatinaboat on Saturday October 17, 2020 @11:50AM
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That's a paradox I've encountered. Companies don't reward loyalty of their current employees, yet they prefer CVs signalling loyalty to the employer.
It's no paradox at all. In both cases they are simply optimising for paying the lowest salaries they can get away with.