Reply to Why do some people stay at the same job

Forum Index » Jobs and Careers

Reply to "Why do some people stay at the same job "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH is the same way, he has a very strong background, works super hard, has deep expertise and sincere relationships, yet he is unable to make a move to get what he truly deserves. He is making 1/3 of his market value.

When his friends in the company all left for better jobs, he sent out a few resumes, but made no tailoring to the job description. [/quote]

How do you feel about this?  Have you tried pushing him?[/quote]

Nope, I am quite busy pushing myself. My first manager out of school forced me out of my comfort zone (her team) and told me to "go get what I want". So when I am not pregnant/maternity leave, I am working to prove myself in a new team/new project or networking for the next job. I only made suggestions to my DH here and there because he doesn't seem happy/fulfilled in his role. I have 0 issue if he makes 30k as long as he is happy or doesn't channel that unfulfillment to me. [/quote]

Then I would let him manage his career. If he applied to some jobs and didn’t get any offers, he’s not that in demand. What is your field, can you boost your salary to make up for his?  It sounds like he doesn’t complain that much, but if he is shy or introvert, a new job is TORTURE. [/quote]

If he is a programmer, he is very much in demand. The only difference is some people will send out 300 resumes in a month to put themselves in front of the right hiring manager, going on interviews to advocate for themselves, and he hides in his shell. Some of my programmer colleagues with 6 years of exp are landing 200k remote offers with small no-name companies. They aren't doing the latest machine learning research and development either, just some front end basic visualization stuff. A lot of these companies will die for a mature, experienced team member who isn't job hopping every 1.5 years too!

In my personal experience (Finance), the more $ an employer is willing to shell out, the more friendly, down to earth they are, so don't let being introvert divert him from his true potential. [/quote]

How much does OP's husband make?  A GS14 makes $150k, so maybe he is already making $200k but she thinks he should be making FAANG money?

Also, of those people landing $200k remote jobs, with 6 years of experience, so you are saying they are like 27?  Not 40?  Right??? How many 40 year programmers are being scooped up for these sweet remote jobs.  I'll wait.[/quote]

DH is making 120k.  Yep with a masters degree and 20 years of experience.  Pretty sure that’s underpaid for computer programming  field.[/quote]

He should just go govt, make a bit more money but have similar comfort and lifestyle.  And ageism won't work against him.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics