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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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hard one
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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For the last three jobs I've had, including the current one, over the last 7 years, each company did not give yearly performance reviews and raises.
Is this a current trend in IT or general business, or am I just unlucky?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I have only received one annual increase in the last 10 years, and that one was for... [drum roll please] exactly 1%.
There are several explanations. The company declared bankruptcy, which took several years to recover. I don't mind that one, since I survived the countless layoffs during that time. My team went from 17 people to a low of 4, and is now at 6. The economy has played whack-a-mole with our market. We've also had supply-chain problems, along with early end-of-life on chips and such.
In effect, I've had a 32% pay cut over the last 10 years.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote: In effect, I've had a 32% pay cut over the last 10 years.
You mean when you figure inflation?
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Yes. It's a valid complaint when local salaries are close to keeping up with cost-of-living.
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Why did you stay? Other companies have been paying more.
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Because when this started I was 50 years old. Tech companies don't hire 40-somethings, much less anyone older.
I'll be 62 in a month or so. If I were to be laid off now, I would milk the unemployment benefits as long as possible and then retire. It's possible I would try doing contract work to "keep my hand in" as it were and for grocery money.
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Right behind you.
Would love to be looking / moving.
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote: Because when this started I was 50 years old.
Just put on a wig man and dye that hair green. You'll be good to go.
Gary R. Wheeler wrote: I'll be 62 in a month or so.
Congrats buddy.
And as sad as it may be, you are correct here. There are some companies that just want the young to crank out code quick and that's that. Sleep is for losers.
But that being said, on the business side... experience is totally valuable. Like only experience will teach you what pitfalls to watch out for before they happen. So, I'm sure there would be a few companies that find that useful. And to be honest, AI is about to replace the young code monkeys anyway.
Speaking of, prompt engineering is easy as crap. That's a high paying field. Experienced folks are perfect for that.
Anyway, FWIW I think you'd be totally awesome to work with. I'm sure I'm not the only one that thinks that way.
Jeremy Falcon
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Thanks Jeremy, for the kind words.
The good news is while the pay situation here has been "sub-optimal"  my boss is great and the work situation is pretty good.
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It really varies.
My current company works hard to ensure at least some cost of living increases every year as well as bonuses and merit pay raises. They're also really good about giving you a pay raise when you're given new responsibilities.
My last company not only was known for firing highly paid employees (reorganizations) regardless of age and not giving pay raises. I went five years without a pay raise until I gave notice. Then they offered me more money.
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Your current company sounds like a great place to work. May I ask what you do, development, project manager, system administration?
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I'm the Senior Information Officer for the Colorado School of Mines Foundation. We're a 501(c)(3) dedicated to raising private funding for the Colorado School of Mines. We're on the university's network and I work closely with the university's IT department to ensure our fundraisers aren't stymied by technology that doesn't work. Personally, I'm an SMB IT specialist and have a programmer and two Advancement Services staff working for me. They're specialists in making the most of our donor management system, Ellucian CRM Advance, which is a heavily modified Microsoft Dynamics Sales platform. I'm also the primary software support for our finance team, the CISO, and general IT helpdesk for equipment.
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Whoa. That's some resume!
Companies always put their best people in the departments that make the money!
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IT very rarely makes money, even for tech companies. However, putting money into IT that enables your money makers to do more with their time is a smart move. It does require IT recognize this and work hard to ensure they support the business.
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I always thought that having to wait a year before being told "whatever" was pointless if one wanted to "nip problems" in the bud.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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A decent company will at least give you an annual COLA increase. Bonuses and real raises are another matter.
In these inflationary times, if you aren't getting even that, I would start looking around for a new position.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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it suggests that you need to leave this company...
diligent hands rule....
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Unfortunately, it's not that simple. I enjoy the job and I've only been there one year. I don't usually jump ship so soon.
The difficult we do right away...
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It's not the norm.
You should have a yearly performance review and goals set for pay increase (at least inflation) and bonus.
This is part of my questions sheet when going on job interviews.
Obviously the situation sucks if you like the job and the people you are working with and you do not want to change job in the near future.
Good luck.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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