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re: My assistant of 10 years gave her notice today.

Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:00 pm to
Posted by Captain Want
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:00 pm to
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This post was edited on 8/13/24 at 9:01 am
Posted by UncleRuckus
Member since Feb 2013
9643 posts
Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:02 pm to
Match the offer, pussy.
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
21693 posts
Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:02 pm to
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It's not just about one person getting a 14% raise. We can't blow up the firm's salary structure for one person.


Well fortunately you don't have to give the remaining folks a raise now. This seems to be a cost effective way to run the company.
Posted by madamsquirrel
The big somewhere out there
Member since Jul 2009
54843 posts
Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:04 pm to
quote:

They talk. 
and now the good ones will be applying at the firm that makes 14% more.
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
112624 posts
Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:05 pm to
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frick my life. frick relationships. It's all about the Hamiltons. From now on I am treating everyone as chattel.

What are you doing for your assistant that should make her accept 14% less to work for you?

If she is THAT good of an assistant, then why does another company of potential strangers value her more than you do?
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Basically a 14% raise. I could probably come up with something to offer her, but I can't match it.
How big is your company? In literal terms, what would happen to your company if you matched it that would make the company go under or whatever?
This post was edited on 2/22/23 at 4:16 pm
Posted by McCauley
Jacksonburg, WV
Member since Jan 2023
264 posts
Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:09 pm to
quote:

frick my life. frick relationships


Posted by PetroBabich
Donetsk Oblast
Member since Apr 2017
5060 posts
Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:16 pm to
You should be happy your assistant wants to do better for herself and her family than she can do with your firm.
Posted by DomincDecoco
RIP Ronnie fights Thoth’s loafers
Member since Oct 2018
11682 posts
Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:18 pm to
News Flash: she aint leaving because of the money homey.

Posted by Chief Hinge
There and Here
Member since Sep 2018
3201 posts
Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:19 pm to
You valued this person at a specific number yet you blame them for seeking their worth.
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
112624 posts
Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:19 pm to
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You valued this person at a specific number yet you blame them for seeking their worth.

10 years, and a group of strangers value her more than he does.



And if it's not that you don't value her that much, it's that your company isn't financially well enough to pay her like the other one, then of course she should jump ship and go to the more successful company, and if you were a good boss that actually did value her and not just what she did for you, you would have been telling her to do that before she sprung it on you.
This post was edited on 2/22/23 at 4:21 pm
Posted by armsdealer
Member since Feb 2016
12273 posts
Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:20 pm to
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I could probably come up with something to offer her, but I can't match it.


Congrats on having to pay 20% more to find her replacement!
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
35696 posts
Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:22 pm to
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I would think 14% is more important for someone who is making assistant money.

Right, my point being that as you earn more, that 14% becomes a much higher number. Most high earners with large estates/wealth didn't attain that level by scoffing at 100k.

Maybe I am just a poor. But 100k of a $1,000,000 salary would mean just about as much to me as 6k of a $60k salary. I can go to Europe for four months on 100k same as the assistant can take her family on a long weekend to Disney for 6k.
This post was edited on 2/22/23 at 4:23 pm
Posted by Thib-a-doe Tiger
Member since Nov 2012
36544 posts
Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:23 pm to
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More money at another firm. Not dramatic life changing money. Basically a 14% raise



quote:

I can't match it.



Nobody likes pay insecurity
Posted by armsdealer
Member since Feb 2016
12273 posts
Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:24 pm to
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14% of $60K is not much money 14% of $300K would move the needle.


When you make $60k, jumping to $68,400 IS a good amount of money.

Jumping $8400 at $300k doesn't move the needle.
Posted by bigberg2000
houston, from chalmette
Member since Sep 2005
70562 posts
Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:26 pm to
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When you make $60k, jumping to $68,400 IS a good amount of money.


Yeah this. That $700 a month or so will pay a car note and another bill.
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
35696 posts
Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:28 pm to
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Jumping $8400 at $300k doesn't move the needle.


No, but $42,000/14% does. Or at least it should.
Posted by Relham10
Ridge
Member since Jan 2013
19944 posts
Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:29 pm to
Pony up ya cheap bastard
Posted by Thib-a-doe Tiger
Member since Nov 2012
36544 posts
Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:30 pm to
14% is 14%. The fact that OP didn't think to give her anything until it was too late, and now can't afford to keep her, says a lot more about him/his organization than it does about the person leaving. Probably could've kept her for 7-8% if he had offered before she started looking
Posted by WilsonPickett
St Amant, LA
Member since Oct 2009
1691 posts
Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:31 pm to
Employees are like groceries, they all have an expiration date. Even the good ones will get complacent and need to be replaced with a fresh one.
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
56878 posts
Posted on 2/22/23 at 4:31 pm to
Is it a big firm?
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