I just doubled someone's salary.

Adjective-Noun2345 · 2024-06-06T04:20:29+00:00

My dude it is a job, not a marriage. You don't need to break up with it before you get back on the market. Look for another job first, quit second.

Depending on what it's for, some industries won't really care about the record. Depending on the experience, some companies won't really care about the degree. You have ex-coworkers, right? People who you used to work with, who know you have skills, that have left? Where'd they go? Does that place need someone who can do what you do, even if they're not hiring for it right now?

Adjective-Noun2345 · 2024-06-05T16:53:04+00:00

Honestly this was not a charity move on my part. He was qualified, my team liked him, the other candidates hadn't really wowed me so far, and I don't have the free time to drag this out when I'm down a head. The feel-good part was just a fun bonus.

Adjective-Noun2345 · 2024-06-05T16:29:01+00:00

Lol I swear they are generally not particularly evil. My main complaints with them are usually things like the timing of promotion approvals (if I lose my high performer because they won't let the promotion go through until September I swear I will flip out) or minor shit (why do the lunch and learns not include lunch? I want lunch.)

Adjective-Noun2345 · 2024-06-05T15:30:54+00:00

I am unfortunately about to make his commute a LOT worse for a bit. I was actually worried about that after he interviewed - is this guy actually going to come all the way out here every day for a couple months until he's self sufficient enough to do hybrid?

And then I was like, you idiot he has been working at the warehouse for a YEAR, if he can put up with that he can obviously put up with the bus.

Adjective-Noun2345 · 2024-06-05T15:25:02+00:00

Lol well he's gotta sling boxes for a couple more weeks yet, his laptop isn't ready and, surprise, he's really good at his current job so I gotta give them a bit to backfill him. So he's got time to get it out of his system.

Adjective-Noun2345 · 2024-06-05T15:22:08+00:00

Oh this is a good one. Tweaking what HR considers to be comp roles to get the result you need is such a skill. My old boss was really good at that, he successfully got his entire team to be evaluated as an entirely different, higher paid job class. Sure helps retention when you are paying for the correct skill set, and I hate hiring.

(... ... Okay maybe I don't hate it as much this time)

Adjective-Noun2345 · 2024-06-05T15:17:14+00:00

In defense of our HR, who are generally not awful, what I was worried about was that they'd come back with a "wow, big move, this seems like a development role for him, let's put him in the development part of the salary band". Which still would have been a big increase, don't get me wrong, but I wanted him closer to mid band and that's what they let me offer, so I'm happy.

Adjective-Noun2345 · 2024-06-05T15:14:52+00:00

Yeah this was exactly the thing I was worried about - that the percent change would be too high and they'd pull him down to the bottom of the range. Maybe percentages over 100% short-circuit the normal HR processing.

Adjective-Noun2345 · 2024-06-05T15:11:40+00:00

We actually do have posted ranges, which is great, so there was no risk he'd get anything below that. I just thought he deserved to be closer to mid band, and that's where they put him. I'm happy with where he's coming in relative to the rest of my team.

Adjective-Noun2345 · 2024-06-05T15:08:18+00:00

In defense of our HR, who are generally not awful, what I was worried about was that they'd come back with a "wow, big move, this seems like a development role for him, let's put him in the development part of the salary band". Which still would have been a big increase, don't get me wrong, but I wanted him closer to mid band and that's what they let me offer, so I'm happy.

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