係呢間公司大大話話做左17年,真係由做女做到做人老婆再以家做埋阿媽。係呢17年裡面,可以話只有頭1年係做得開心,打後咁多年無開心過。 唔係無試過出去見工,但無份見得成。拖下一年拖下又一年,拖到今時今日。唔係話羅埋前四後六,就話羅埋Bonus,唔係就話有公司醫生fully cover for kid,總之就諸多藉口。年年同人呻,呻到唔好意思,因為好似一味得個講字敢,其實係好多野要考慮,唔可以咁撇脫,話走就走.....我始終做唔到:cry:
life is not as simple as we thought. my case was similar as yours. due the recession - company need to keep costs, but boss think you are HARDWORKING and don't cause any trouble - thus want to keep you.
end up - your title being transfer from one position to the other, but doing the same old job + whoever got let go, you will have to share the work. But mind you - no salary raised - as company is facing the recession.
then like you - did tried to find job outsides, but with the down falls of the economy, the pay is no good as what I am having now. so have to stay.. year after years.. still with the same company.
my highest recorded is no raised for 5 years.
finally, my boss got let go, and he did do a good job and put me on the redundancy list - hoping I could get a good package to go... but i wait for 1 yr still no sign...
end up I take it so serious to look for a job outside, and got a job with 1/3 pay cut... and leave that company.
with my current company. - the first year, they said, we recruit you with the current market - so sorry, no raised for the first year.
then 2nd year, even the market is picking up, company is not doing that good. so freeze salary increment.
year 3 finally company breakeven, so will do the salary adjustment in next year.
year 4. i got my 1% salary increase while I knew the other got 5%....
now year 5. I am now thinking should I go or stay... today, they just let 5 people go... and I could foresee the company will have the same excuse - business no good - no salary revised in 2008..
sorry for the long message - but I think - for my age i could not go anywhere, and I need the $$ for the daily household spending.. so i will not like 5 years ago, quit and go. but just stay to earn that $$$$$$
totally agreed with you. with our age - not young any more, how many more 10 yrs to try out.. so I am ok with my current paid, with my working time and working load..
as I could leave work on time, O/T only during the month end.. then why fight for more workload, more responsibility, higher title... but may be only $1-2K more...
i am a calculated person as I works in the accounting dept.