The economy is booming, but you also need to negotiate with your employer and switch jobs if needed. Unless your boss automatically gave your 10%+ annual adjustment, you are slowly falling behind.
“Just switch jobs” is such an entitled attitude. There are so many reasons people can’t just change. So many employers who can’t or won’t negotiate.
Fuck off.
Even if you are able to change jobs, your current employer is still extracting more productivity from you than they are compensating you for until you do change jobs … into another position where your next employer is still extracting more productivity from you than they are compensating you for, but maybe not quite as badly as the last one, so you “feel better.”
You’re still getting fucked either way, because capitalism.
“Yes, the economy is booming for your employer, and the country will continue to bend over backwards to ensure this continues. Yes, you’re going to fall behind ever more as extraction of wealth from Workers continues to stretch you thinner and thinner.”
I am reminded of the old joke.
A worker pulls into the parking lot of his office. His boss pulls up next to him in a new sports car. The worker goes, “Wow! New car? Looks amazing.” The boss goes, “It is! And if you work hard, hit your targets, and put in some overtime, I can buy a new one next quarter.”
