[heyitsanewacco]

Ding ding ding, we have a winner!

I'm running a hiring competition right now for a "Senior." The pay band is less than what entry level startups pay. So we rotate through a never ending stream of kids who leave for better salaries because we don't have any higher levels.

Sometimes we do get lucky and pick up a mediocre lifer (like me) so HR sees no incentive to change.

Never take a job for a company where you are not on the value chain!

[distrill]

> Sometimes we do get lucky and pick up a mediocre lifer (like me)

why?

[krinchan]

Because not everyone feels the need to rate their self-worth by how much wealth they’ve hoarded. I’m already set for retirement and I have my house nearly paid off. I’m comfortable and I don’t make $250,000 a year. I barely work more than 32 hours a week and I just got promoted. Full time work from home with a free working trip back to my old stomping grounds to catch up with friends twice a year.

Why would I break my psyche with burnout, stress, and work I despise just to make someone else exponentially more money so I can make marginally more money I don’t need? Miss me with that hustle porn, thanks.

[6gvONxR4sf7o]

Set for retirement can mean different things. Personally, I run the rat race so that I can retire as soon as possible. Few people actually fit the bill of “self worth = wealth hoarded.”

[SketchySeaBeast]

Honestly, that sounds like heaven.

[trentnix]

Maybe he bought a house in the neighborhood. Maybe he really likes writing COBOL. Maybe his spouse works there as well. Maybe he is simply extremely risk averse.

There are a number of good reasons somebody might decide to stay put, even if it might be more lucrative or exciting elsewhere.

[lostlogin]

To a lot of people conditions matter more than money.