A manager stood sorry and regretful after their organisation made no efforts to keep a strong performing employee and failed to meet his expectations for even a nominal salary hike. The manager revealed the sad story in a Reddit post, reflecting how some corporate houses take for granted their best-performing individuals and, instead of treating them as assets, overlook their needs and welfare completely.
What instigated the action from the employee was a rigid salary hike policy that this organisation followed. The manager explained that the company had a strict cap of only a 1.5 per cent hike to be offered per employee, regardless of their efforts. As the appraisal barely sufficed, the employee, who was the “best engineer” within the company as per the manager, had to quit.
‘I Could Not Ask More For My Team’
The manager claimed they made sincere efforts to get the appraisals their team of engineers deserved within the company. However, the higher authorities denied the request, highlighting the strict and woeful cap on salary hikes that wouldn’t aid any working professional’s growth. In the post, the manager confirmed that their employee started seeking jobs the moment he learnt of the organisation’s decision and found a gig that offered a 10 per cent raise.
“Despite the company doing well, we were only allowed a set 1.5% increase per employee no matter how well they did or didn’t do, with no room for negotiation. I brought this up to my director that it’s going to leave a sour taste in some mouths, but I was told I could not ask for more for my team,” the manager wrote.
“So today, my best engineer quit. No notice, no explanation besides that he felt that 1.5% is an insult, so he started looking for jobs immediately and got one that will pay him about 10% more.”
‘Peanuts’ To Keep A Great Worker
Later on, the manager revealed from their discussions with the employee that he would’ve stayed put with the company had the raise been even 3 per cent. When asked online, the manager said this would’ve only cost this multinational company $2,000 (Rs 1,84,870) extra.
“He was the lead on many projects and built a huge knowledge silo and custom workflows. All of that leaves with him. There’s a massive hole in my team. All over $2000. I hope the shareholders are happy,” wrote the manager, disappointed that the company wasn’t even willing to pay what they deemed “peanuts” to keep a great employee.
The story shows this organisation’s high sense of disconnect, ignorance and apathy towards its best employees, establishing a poor salary hike cap and making zero efforts to preserve the team.