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I’ve heard similar stories from friends and colleagues. Some changes were for the better, while others weren’t so great. It’s interesting how loyalty doesn’t always pay off. I agree that treating work as a business relationship makes sense.
For sure! I learned to be friendly but don't expect to be friends.
I jumped companies after 6 mo with one to another and took almost a 30k pay raise. 🤷♀️
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30k bump after only six months? That's a power move right there. Good for you for not waiting around to be "rewarded" with the usual 2-3% crumbs. It's wild how the biggest raises almost always come from jumping ship instead of loyalty. Makes you wonder how much money places are knowingly leaving on the table until someone forces them to match market rate.
What research did you do? Just curious. I have never stayed at anyone job longer than 3.5 years. I usually move on for a better job with a better title.
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There's this one guy who wrote a whole Business Insider piece last year about starting at $40k right out of school and hitting $225k in just six years by strategically jumping every 1-2 years; always negotiating hard for more responsibility and pay. He basically said internal raises would've kept him stuck in the low six figures forever. On Reddit, especially in tech and finance threads, people routinely share stuff like going from $80k to $110k on one switch, or even doubling up on the first big hop out of a stagnant role.
i find tgat this is far too true abd aeems like ine year is norm for nursing. its better to keep moving. Gaining experience and knowledge with each new position. Its costing employers far more to keep loosing us.
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Yeah, you're absolutely right. Nursing seems to have this built-in cycle where staying in one place too long just caps your earning potential. One year (or sometimes even less) really does feel like the unspoken norm to level up in pay and skills without waiting for tiny raises that never keep up with inflation or burnout. Job-hopping strategically like that makes total sense when the system is set up to reward new hires more than loyal staff. You gain broader experience, see different facilities and patient populations, and honestly, it keeps things fresh when the work is already so intense. And you're spot on about the cost to employers where constant turnover means endless recruiting, training, agency nurses filling gaps (which are crazy expensive), and losing all that institutional knowledge. They end up paying way more in the long run than if they just compensated people fairly to stay.
It’s exhausting that it has to be this way, though. Have you or your friend been doing the one-year hop for a while? Any particular specialties or settings where it’s been easier to negotiate better offers?
I have had a pay increase of more than twice of what I earned when I moved to CA 10 years ago. I have also held a lot of jobs. There is no way I'd be getting paid anywhere close to what I make now if I wasn't often looking for better work environment and better pay. I've slowly gotten both. The trick was looking for, applying for, and getting hired, at facilities that paid more.
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That’s seriously impressive! More than doubling your pay in 10 years by being strategic about where you work is exactly how it’s done in nursing. So many people stay loyal to one facility hoping for fair raises that never come, and they end up stuck while the job-hoppers pull ahead. You’ve basically played the game the way it’s set up, and it’s paid off with both better money and better environments over time.
California definitely helps on the pay side (those rates are wild compared to a lot of other states), but it sounds like the real key was consistently targeting the higher-paying hospitals or systems each time you moved. Smart move. most people undervalue how much just applying to the “better” places can shift everything.
Have you finally landed somewhere that feels sustainable, or are you still keeping an eye out for the next step up?
Totally agree! After 30+ years in practice, I've learned to be friendly but your colleagues are not friends unless there is something out of work your both involved which is rare
Your management pays your paycheck, not your colleagues. Once you leave that facility to go to another, very rarely will you hear from the former facilities friends. I just moved to another state yo place in and it was a slap in the face of how a PA is treated and the commerodery is. Its very lonely as they treat you like an outsider and it's quite evident. As for salary, very sad these days!
Thank you!
5.9? I got 4.5% last year, 1% the year before that
I got 2.5% last year...and NONE this year. Ive been loyal to this company for 12 years. I'm about done.
Definitely agree with, do what is right for you. Jobs are getting much harder to come by now and you must also look at other benefits that you will receive. I have been at my current job for 20+ years and one of the things that I definitely consider if I start thinking about leaving is the 320 hrs of ETO/PTO that I get each year. I don't want to start over with 40-60 hours of ETO/PTO a year. Your post says you are Sr. Manager, so you may be able to negotiate whereas the people lower than upper management only get what is set in policy.
Totally agree! Unfortunately, you must stay for a while or you look like a job hopper!
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2 years is enough in this job market.
Yes! It's not perfect but greatly improved situ with more $. I want to stay where I am for a few years before I make another jump. Ppl do not understand that if you are not in an organization that is unionized your pay is not at all what unionized health systems offer. I started at a definitely not unionized adult day health care facility. If I worked in unionized facility I'd easily make 68$+. I'm very close to that and a flexible schedule. I'm not going anywhere for awhile. I have applied at the union hospitals in my area but not yet been hired. Maybe, maybe not but I am happy with close to that pay right now.
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It depends on your benefits structure, and where you are in your employee work history people who are getting close to Retirement don’t leave because they want to max out their benefits for instance
Agreed