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10 months ago I had been working at a family-owned business with an ancient founder whose son was being groomed to take over (almost a stereotype: brought in as the VP of Marketing then subsequently promoted to a fancier sounding do-nothing position with C-level surely shortly behind). After automating and improving a significant amount of the workflow, I was being asked to make coffee and generally carry the failson. Using the thread's advice I negotiated a new job with much better, fully remote, working conditions and +30% salary. My departure (and open contempt for the failson) caused a cascade of others to quit including my supervisor, ultimately resulting in a downward spiral that concluded with the sale of the company. A couple of my buddies landed very highly in the new organization, and they reached out to me offering a leadership position with all of the old BS removed. They had me write the job description and I just accepted for another +20% salary after giving myself a generous start date. I'm now coasting for the month of October before starting a new dream job off in figgieland. I have every confidence that if I hadn't started aggressively quitting and negotiating I would still be underpaid and disrespected. Thanks, thread!
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redreader posted:I got a call saying that the increase is approved and I'll get my job offer today or tomorrow. They bumped me up to senior and matched my old salary that I mentioned, but there's also a substantial bonus every year that apparently everyone at the company gets, or doesn't get. Mine would have been like 10% but is now 25%. My old job didn't have that so I suppose I'm sort of glad I got laid off, like I normally end up saying. Thanks for all of your help everyone. Congrats!! Another thread success story always warms my heart. Truly one of the most valuable resources on the internet
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