Unethical Life Pro Tips

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ULPT: If you get paid annual leave and you're definitely going to quit your job soon, ask for a large pay rise first. When you quit, your accumulated annual leave will be paid out at the higher rate (lemmy.world)

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I had 6 weeks of annual leave saved up. Im changing to a job that pays significantly more than my current salary. When my boss asked me what it would take to stay, I asked for a salary increase of 35% which he begrudingly gave me. Then I quit. This equated to an entitlement payout of about $10,700 instead of $8000 on my previous rate, an extra $2700. And the new job still pays more than the increased rate I asked for.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Alternative take. Fight hard for a promotion, of course if you can get a raise and promotion that is ideal. But usually companies get hung up on money.

If you can't get both don't hesitate to say, "I just want the title I don't need extra salary or anything. We can even take some of the extra work I've been doing and make them a normal part of my key responsibilities. "

Then as soon as you get it start applying to new jobs with that as your title. New jobs will always pay you significantly more for your new better title than the 2k or so you would get from a raise. I used this trick to triple my salary over 6 years, moving through a few jobs and from a receptionist to a Sr manager.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why not just lie and say you have the title anyway to prospective employers? It's not like they have any way to check.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the UK we have a thing called references where they call your former employers and confirm your role and dates of work...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

In the UK, candidates must gain written consent from referees before they can be used as a reference, and an employer must get the consent of the candidate before they can check references.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

They do have a way to check, and they always do for higher level jobs. Most great jobs include a 2-4 week background check period where they verify literally everything you've told them and some things you haven't told them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It’s hit or miss. Some employers check your references diligently and others don’t.

When I hired someone (creative field) we definitely checked their job title in conjunction with what their portfolio looked like, whether they passed a test and how well they interviewed.

Some had great references, but not those other things.

If you can’t do your job and don’t know basic things, I don’t care who you know. They would get further screened for educational and criminal background anyways.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Are references not a thing where you're from?