Timeline for Company has been highly invested in my training. Is it okay to leave?
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| Jul 27, 2020 at 18:34 | comment | added | Doktor J | ☝ this way you're showing them that you do have some loyalty to them and respect for what they've invested in you by giving them an opportunity to retain you, but also that you're not afraid to demand what you're worth, and go elsewhere if they can't -- or won't -- give you that. By waiting until you have an offer in hand, you're not telling them "I think I'm worth $X", you're saying "other employers think I'm worth $X and are willing to pay it". | |
| Jul 27, 2020 at 18:32 | comment | added | Doktor J | I would at least hold off considering leaving until I've gotten an offer in hand; any interviews/etc up until then are merely practice to keep my mind sharp. Then, if I were to get an offer from elsewhere for a significant pay increase, I'd go back to my manager and say "Hey, I've been offered this salary, do you think we can work on structuring some raises to get me up to this level? I've been treated relatively well here, so if I can get up to a similar salary without having to leave, I'd much rather do that". | |
| Jul 27, 2020 at 16:18 | comment | added | J... | The value of working at a healthy, well organized workplace with intelligent management, employee focus, and good future business prospects is difficult to overstate. It's really easy to walk straight into a nightmare on a 20% higher salary. | |
| Jul 27, 2020 at 14:54 | comment | added | Fattie | @c36 , regarding your comment above. you would be making a huge mistake to put any weight at all in the fact that they are "investing" in you or "training" you. 100% of programmers continuously and endlessly learn completely new materiel - every single day from their first day on the job until retirement. It is a non-issue. If you step back and rethink the base facts of the situation, you are turning down a 50%+ pay increase. Moreover: programmers have the career feature of the "first job which is wildly underpaid - then you move on". It would be .. astonishing. to not do so. | |
| Jul 27, 2020 at 13:32 | comment | added | FreeMan | I agree 100% with this advice and would throw this in, too: Bear in mind that this great new manager could move on (different position/company) leaving OP high & dry. Or, the company could hit a struggle at any time which causes them to lay people off and OP might loose his job for no reason other than being in the wrong place at the wrong time. As OP said, the training cost was no big deal for them, and despite the immediate manager feeling bad, the company won't have any hesitation to cut costs when they feel it's necessary - OP owes them the same loyalty. | |
| Jul 27, 2020 at 8:52 | comment | added | Jantar88 | I second this. Not all companies train their employees in modern techs. Besides, if you stay here for, say, another year, not only you'd have a certificate to display to your next employer, but experience using that tech. | |
| Jul 26, 2020 at 5:46 | vote | accept | c36 | ||
| Jul 25, 2020 at 14:51 | comment | added | TonyK | "..underpaying you by 50%$": you mean 33% surely. | |
| Jul 24, 2020 at 16:37 | comment | added | c36 | +1 for the note about how this company is investing in new directions & in their staff. Definitely something i'll have to think about.... | |
| Jul 24, 2020 at 16:35 | history | answered | BittermanAndy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |