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Do they even do cost-of-living raises anymore? When I was at FAANG, my raises in the same role didn't even match inflation.
by Inityx 10mo ago
Do they even do cost-of-living raises anymore? When I was at FAANG, my raises in the same role didn't even match inflation.
- zem 10mo agogood point, it was often less than inflation, so a very nominal sort of raise
- yyyyuuuuiiiii 10mo agoWhen I last worked at a FAANG I was very clear on exactly what they had to pay me to put up with their bullshit (I happen to be independently wealthy). This kind of “nominal raise” below inflation actually meant my salary went down, so I quit.
- goodolddays9090 10mo agoHow did you know you're independently wealthy enough to do this? I'm at a stage where I'm sort of there and getting more and more annoyed by large organizational BS, but I keep thinking "one more year is that much more of a buffer." Funny enough, it happened because of the 2022 layoffs. I figured I'd be fine (and was), but it made me go though the math and realized I was close to escape velocity. On one hand, it made getting excited about uninteresting work that much harder, but because I wasn't quite there with enough buffer, the bad job market still gave me anxiety.
- yyyyuuuuiiiii 10mo agoI’ve never known anyone to escape that situation. The “one more year” attitude is pervasive. In my case it was easy because I didn’t join the company until after I was already independently wealthy, from an IPO (quitting that company was an easy decision too, due to all the magical changes that happen after IPO).
- ergocoder 10mo agoMy raises never matched inflation but then my compensation is like 700k a year. I don't know whether my raise needs to match the cost of living increase.