I remember the good ole days when every firm was hiring, poaching, and throwing money around to keep people. What a difference 9-10 months makes.

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Those were not good days. They were mostly people getting overly drunk and eating crap like no tomorrow. That never works well in the long run

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So was amzn1

I’m glad I left when I did haha.

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What I would give to go back to 2018 (work wise)

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Those travel days were nice

Back to reality unfortunately. I should have made one more jump when it was good

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Yep. Shame. Left money on the table

The good ole days were 9-10 months ago?

V1 2019 was the best year of my life. Had such high hopes for 2020...

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Started a new role 3 weeks ago for a 55% comp increase. Things might not be running red hot anymore but they are definitely not cold either.

Where at?

Makes us almost miss the Covid days

The difference is everyone has settled so there’s no need to aggressively hire or retain

I guess it’s time to wait until the review cycle hits again the raises don’t keep up with inflation…. the cycle begins again

I’m still fighting recruiters off with a stick - I don’t think it’s over

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