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)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is pretty much what I did, although it was coincidental. Felt bad for my boss because he fought pretty hard to get a meaty pay rise for me, and then a month later I quit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Dont feel bad for them. The company is doing more money, and if they ultimately give you a rise, that means you were working while you could have made more money.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I've been that boss, and I understand.

Fighting hard for my team to get fair pay is part of my job. Usually that means they stick around. Sometimes it doesn't.