Good Guy Employer Gives Unexpected Raises to Match Salaries of New Hires, Internet Applauds

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
Jul 18, 2022 2:00 PM EDT

This story has been trending online in various forums and social platforms. It has been shared as screenshots of a feel-good story where an unknown user shares their tale of the time they were offered a raise by a benevolent employer to match their salary to new hires.

This particular thread was posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit by Redditor u/woja111.  This popular sub often deals with employment issues, workplace stories, and the social issues surrounding the current employment market and climate. 

The topic was posted with the title "Wage matching should be the norm." It contains screenshots of a viral LinkedIn post that had 132k reactions and 1585 comments when it was screen-shotted. We can probably count, on one hand, the social content we have shared that originated from LinkedIn's platform, but there are always surprises on the internet. 

Workers have been applauding this employer's actions and reaffirming the thread's titular statement that this "should be the norm." Commenters have shared their own stories, celebrating employers who have done the same thing and blasting employers who have managed to achieve the exact opposite.

Scroll on for the screenshots and reactions below. 

 

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    Font - Posted by u/woja111 Wage matching should be the norm Follow One day at raise today!" my manager dropped into my office and said, "You're getting a I had only been at for a few months so I wasn't expecting a raise any time soon. "Cool! But why?" I asked.
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    Font - + Follow One day at raise today!" my manager dropped into my office and said, "You're getting a I had only been at for a few months so I wasn't expecting a raise any time soon. "Cool! But why?" I asked. "We just hired a new His response is an example of why I loved working at Senior Software Engineer on our team and he negotiated a higher salary than what we're paying you. So we are increasing your salary to match." If you have to pay more to hire new employees that means the market has g
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    Font - marsbartender · 6 hr. ago Someone at my work has been at this company for 14 years. New hires in positions below her are getting higher pay. She has to go through a laborious process in order to fight for an equity raise which is just wrong on so many levels. 2.1k Reply Share •.. NoComment002 · 3 hr. ago This is why people just find new jobs. It's easier and you're less likely to be retaliated against. 956 Reply Share •.. space_moron · 2 hr. ago Literally any time I've asked for a raise,
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    Font - butwhol · 6 hr. ago It was in my linkedin feed. It was Netflix who did that. And i heard they do that as its more expensive to hire and train new guy if the unhappy employee leaves. They pay like $450k for senior engineers 560 3 Reply Share •.. guit_galoot · 4 hr. ago Had someone I worked with who was really good at her job leave for Netflix. She went from making about $95K to making $300K. That was her offer. They didn't care about what she was making before. They just wanted her to work
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    Font - ImmemorialTale · 8 hr. ago This seems like a dream 989 Reply Share •.. NumbahTenAwks · 5 hr. ago it's netflix. 219 Reply Share •.. corillis · 5 hr. ago They'll cut you before your third season? 130 Reply Share ... NvidiaRTX · 3 hr. ago Sometimes yes, but they'll still pay your 3rd season as a "farewell gift". Netflix is actually the best company for software engineer in the past 5 years, even better than Google for Facebook. But idk if this story is fake or not. Vote Reply Share •..
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    Font - meisthealex · 8 hr. ago My previous company gave me a raise after just six months. i was so happy about it until i found out that i was still 20-30% below my peers. 523 Reply Share •.. Patient_Candy_167 · 3 hr. ago We had new guys starting making more than guys who'd been there for over Vote Reply Share essdoubleU · 2 hr. ago Over what Vote Reply Share •.. The_BromanEmpire · 2 hr. ago The suspense is killing me Vote Reply Share •..
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    Font - Blissanxiouslearning · 6 hr. ago Everyone should get yearly at or above inflation for that year pay rises. Not getting this amounts to a yearly pay cut for current employees. 97 3 Reply Share •.. punkrox · 2 hr. ago Too many places tie raises to performance reviews and then nitpick the performance to justify a small raise. I'm doing the job, this is what the job costs, if I wasn't getting the job done I would be fired, so pay me the going rate for the job or someone else will! Performance
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    Font - SnooChickens2093 · 6 hr. ago The company I used to work for was infamous amongst its employees for absolute shit raises. They'd do annual "COLA" increases of 2%...3% if you got a great review, and that's it. Generally lower than inflation, and almost always far below market wages. We had new guys starting making more than guys who'd been there for over 10 years more than once. It was just embarrassing. 199 Reply Share •.. The_Husky_Husk · 5 hr. ago When I was younger I worked in a retail
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    Font - TheLegendryNoob · 3 hr. ago This happened to me as well. I recently had gotten a raise from 70k to 77k after a year with the company. I was ecstatic about it, 10%! 2 months later I was notified I was now making 92k because the juniors getting hired negotiated 88k. Thanks juniors! Vote Reply Share •..
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    Font - Karfedix_of_Pain · 3 hr. ago Wage matching should be the norm We get a yearly compensation review where I work. I'll see three different numbers on that review. • Cost of Living Adjustment - basically just keeping up with inflation. • Market Adjustment - keeping salaries competitive. • Merit Increase - if you're doing well enough to earn an actual raise. Vote Reply Share •.. Rob__agau · 42 min. ago This is amazing. I wish this was the standard. Vote Reply Share •..
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    Font - GODDESS_OF_CRINGE__ · 6 hr. ago What a great company that person worked for. Ethics seems so rare in business these days. 62 Reply Share •.. orllais · 4 hr. ago I'd hold your praise, the company is Netflix 22 Reply Share •.. BladedD · 3 hr. ago What makes Netflix a bad place to work other than the standard burnout every big tech company faces? Vote Reply Share ...
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    Font - NastyKnate · 3 hr. ago I had a job once where i had been for a few years. always had good reviews and always maxed out my yearly raise. well, a few years in i had maxed out my salary. no more raises unless i got a promotion. but since i started, the new hire salary had gone up and was now starting at what i was maxed out to. it was insanity that they still wouldnt give me any further raises. i left. Vote Reply Share •..
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    Font - axa645 · 4 hr. ago Wage matching should be the norm, but it's not at this time. So let's actually applaud the people who are making it the norm in a work environment where the idea is beyond comprehension. Good for the employer to take care of their own without hesitation. 7 Reply Share •..
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    Font - normalworkday · 5 hr. ago What a wonderful improvement this would be. 7 Reply Share
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    Font - Jeramus · 6 hr. ago I have received "market adjustments" at my current job which raise my salary. I am not sure if it really matches the rate at outside companies, but it is something. Reply Share ... drajgreen · 2 hr. ago It's not meant to match the rate at outside companies, it's meant to keep you in the same relative place as you were in the market before. If you didn't negotiate a compentative rate and were 10% below market average, and the market average goes up 5%, you don't get a 1
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    Font - Sobchek_Walter · 8 hr. ago What if the new employee's salary request is 10% less than a current employee makes? Does wage matching work both ways? "Hey Bob, the market for Senior Software Engineers has softened and we're hiring a new employee for less than we're currently paying you so you're getting a pay cut." 34 Reply Share •..
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