By The Time You Give Them a Raise, They’re Already Out The Door

Re:By The Time You Give Them a Raise, They’re Already Out Th... by saalweachter on Monday February 17, 2014 @10:26PM (#7256168)

I'd agree with the GP. Heck, target a negative value to the company.

Realistically, you're going to end up with some small ROI. Let's suppose you end up with a 1.05 ROI for the company. For every dollar the company spends on you -- not just your salary and benefits, but also the cost of a desk for your butt and a manager for your ass and an HR department to cover their behinds when you start thinking too much about your coworkers' -- then they make a $1.05 back. If your company's owner has a hundred employees, he'll make five times as much as you, for doing nothing but owning it. If they employee ten thousand people, he takes home 500x your pay.

Why do you think your employer deserves more? Why should he get a 2x or 10x ROI on your labor?

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Re:By The Time You Give Them a Raise, They’re Already Out Th... by aragot on Tuesday February 18, 2014 @03:30AM (#7257023)

> Why do you think your employer deserves more?

For all the years he ate pasta. But that doesn't mean you don't deserve your right pay too.

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