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'Loyalty will make you poor': Coworker quits after getting final raise, gets competitive offer elsewhere

This is what happens when you put a cap on income and employee benefits! If employers continue to expect loyalty without continuing to provide incentives for improvement and mobility, they shouldn't expect folks to stick around for long. This thread, which was posted to Reddit by u/guntonom, is further proof of that fact.

 

When OP's coworker reached their ten-year mark at the company, that milestone also happened to be the last time they could receive a raise. So what did that employee do? Naturally, he lost his sense of loyalty and used this final raise to get a more competitive offer from another company. In a different time, some might have called this an act of betrayal. However, now, we can properly view this as an act of self-empowerment. The best way for employers to motivate those that have been working hard for years is to promote them and pay them fairly. Pure and simple!

 

For more stories like this, here's one about an employee who was cheated out of a much-deserved bonus.

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