[kemiller]

I was leaving a company recently and the fresh grads, with whom I had a good relationship, asked if I had any advice.

I said, “Always remember that the company is not your friend. I don’t mean your boss or your coworkers, they might well be or become your friend. I mean the company itself. If all is well, it may be an excellent ally, but the company can and sometimes will turn on you in an instant if its goals change. Your boss’s job, even if they are your friend, is ultimately to serve the company.

Go out there, work hard, have fun, but put your needs first in the bigger picture.”

[pklausler]

My version of this: "The company gives you their best and final job offer every two weeks on your paycheck, and if you get a better offer, it's okay to take it, no hard feelings."

[atomicnumber3]

Haha no it's never their best offer. Their profit is literally your unpaid wages. That delta is how this system works.

[bagacrap]

You could also look at it from the perspective that they pay you fairly, and then profit from the leverage of the apparatus they place around you. IOW you have more impact working for them than you would have on your own. (Obviously that is true, or you would just go work on your own.)

It's not that your perspective is wrong per se, it's just a glass half empty way of experiencing life.

[mancerayder]

Your company's better offer will go to a new hire, who, barring certain visa types, will always make more than us, the loyal employees.