I’ve been with my current company for ten months, taking a job which I was totally overqualified for. (I hold a masters degree for a position which only requires a high school diploma, though all of my team members have at least a bachelors.) When I interviewed for the position, I was fed the same old bullshit that “there would be a lot of room for growth.”
Fast forward to today, and nothing, no promotion, no raise, which is especially upsetting considering inflation. As a result, I’ve started applying to new positions. I imagine it will take 3 to 6 months before I find something, perhaps longer. Once I do move to a new company, I know it will only be a matter of time until I’m forced to begin looking elsewhere, yet again.
I’m so tired of having to constantly hop from one job to the next because employers refuse to pay a living wage. Gone are the days when employers “took care” of their employees. Instead we’re forced to take a new jobs elsewhere every 1.5 years. It’s exhausting.