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[–] Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Worse, you become important but with no pay raise

Then it becomes all pain no gain

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That one has a simple answer:

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If they are not paying you, they don't consider you important, simple as that.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I think it’s a bit more complicated than that.

I would say if they’re not paying you what you’re worth then there’s a few possibilities:

  1. You are less important than you think you are
  2. You think you are less important than you are
  3. They just underpay everyone and don’t care if you leave
[–] BlackPenguins@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's called leverage. "Oh you don't want the only person who knows how to do X to quit? Sounds like a you problem."