I stayed with a company for almost 2 years and gained $1 in raises. Starting at $12.50hr and raised to $13.50 after having to beg for raises and not getting my promised 90 day raise at 90 days. It was more like 110 days. Got tired of it so went somewhere else for $16.50h decided that sucked after a few weeks so found another job for $22hr. Got promised all this stuff and when the time came they said “ask in a few weeks”. So a few weeks go by and I get the same answer. Waited again and asked. They told me “stop asking it's not going to happen.” I said fuck it stopped showing up and they let me go. I had money saved so no big deal. I started looking for a job. Last week finally got one paying $26hr. I told them I made $25 and they countered with $26hr giving myself a $4 raise from my $22hr. Basicly I went from $13.50 to $26 in 8 months. I've always been told to stay with places for a year+ or it looks bad on your resume. But I've had no problem getting new jobs. Maybe I have just been lucky? The reason I ask is my friend from my first job I wrote about quit recently after being there for 14 years. I was curious about what they paid him asuuming he was in the $20hr pay range. He left there making $15.50. After hearing that I was sickend. What made it even worse is after he left the starting pay was bumped up to $17 and after 2 years it would be raised to $20. How can people live with being underpaid for that long? Is it that the company makes it seem better than it really is? Or do you just get content and have a fear of change? I know his dad has been with the same company for like 35 years and I'm assuming that's where his mindset comes from. But why is that mindset still around because I don't see anyone benefiting from staying in one place. All my friends get like .25-.50 raises and that just isn't enough to justify staying in my opinion. Grammer is not my strongsuit so I apologize for any errors. I'm just a dumb welder.
TLDR; I gained $12.50hr raise job hopping over the past 8 months and don't understand why it's so frowned upon. Also don't understand why people stay loyal to companies that under pay them for their time invested.