‘They paid me $50,000… So, I [quit] and found more’: Company who denied a raise has to contract ex-salesforce admin back for 3x his old salary because they can't retain a new employee for more than 3 weeks

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Oct 22, 2023 7:00 AM EDT

Ever heard the saying, "spending dollars to save pennies"? It means you're putting more effort in than you're actually getting out. So if you spend $5 to save .50¢, it's not really a savings, is it? For some reason, this doesn't compute to some companies when it comes to power play. They'd rather seem like the one that holds all the power than give you a raise. 

One post on the subreddit r/sysadmin has the comment section of a lifetime. They asked if anybody had quit a tech job where the company seemed to drown without them. It turns out this seams to happen often in this career industry. (This comment that has since been deleted had one guy quit, just to be contracted back for 5x his initial salary!) One redditor posted a very satisfying story of him asking for a raise, since his positions market value had him making over $50k, but they refused. So you know what he did? He left and found a place that paid him more. The company, however, started to flounder and couldn't even hire someone for his position that would last. The finally were able to swallow their pride when their new hire quite after 3 weeks. They were then forced to contract him back for 3x his initial salary. Just goes to show you, don't under-appreciate your tech employees. 

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    Font - r/sysadmin Posted by u/punklinux 1 day ago Schadenfreude has anyone ever found out that after they left a sysadmin job, they were actually screwed without you? Either fired, quit, laid off? What happened? Work Environment I always hear about people claiming that "this company will collapse without me!" Has that ever happened? I know a lot of departments that suffered without me, but overall, it was their toxic management of poor business plan that did them in.
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    Font - Mr_War 3 days ago I don't know if it counts here but I am a Salesforce admin, and I left my last job after 5 years with the company.
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    Font - I had grown their Salesforce org from a basic out-of-the-box thing to a highly automated and integrated setup. They
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    Font - paid me $50k and I knew I could get more so I went and found more. 9 months later they had tried to replace me with
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    Font - 3 people, each one quit within a few months. The last guy made it 3 weeks then quit and told them to keep the money. This was fall of 2022.
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    Font - I then contracted with them for the last 11 months to keep things afloat and train an actual replacement who was promoted internally but has no experience
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    Font - with computers, technology, or administration of any kind. I charged them triple what they paid me before I left and they paid it for 11 sweet months.
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    Font - Vasosky 2 days ago This is big brain time, quit and then come back as a contractor for 3 times the pay ید
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    Font - Gubzs 3 days ago Me currently: 1024 tickets Our two other techs combined: 568 tickets The sword of Damocles is hanging a bit heavy, and your boy wants money.
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    Font - TheAJGman 3 days ago ● It's always nice to talk to former colleagues and hear "everything went to sh when you left".
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    Font - Google Drummer. 2 days ago sadmin When I left my last job it took them months to find a replacement, and apparently the guy is a bit of a numpty. Not that I'm perfect by any means, but sounds like the guy's a ticking time bomb.
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    Font - Ver M r1pt1d377 3 days ago Jack of All Trades After years of asking for a fair raise I left for a well paid job. Now they're paying three people and a msp for my work.
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    Font - M r1pt1d377. 3 days ago · edited 3 days ago Jack of All Trades To clarify: Always prioritize health over money Always prioritize your family over money.
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    Font - • Don't hesitate to leave a toxic There are lots of opportunities out there. environment. • Your skills may be much better than you're aware of.
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    Font - Ballaholic09 This is what I've experienced as well. My current job will 100% get an MSP or hire 2-4 people once I finally escape this place. ● 3 days ago
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    Font - Last job hired 3 people to replace me and they were all paid the same as I was... I left because they refused to give me a raise! I didn't even hate that job like I do this one.
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    Font - ericneo33 days ago Same here, they advertised 3 roles to replace me: • ICT Manger • Systems Administrator • Officer 365 Specialist
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    Font - 00 apathyzeal 3 days ago Linux Admin I find the trick is to make the rate excessive *and* offensive at the same time.
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    Font - TheDunadan29. 3 days ago what a mess.... good thing they got rid of that IT guy that worked at his computer.... I had someone complain one of my coworkers was just seemingly staring at a screen and it didn't look like they were working.
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    Font - Like, you do know that's like 90% of the job right? Wtf do they think "IT" means? Only touching a computer when it's broken?
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