Pay should rise with inflation automatically, no negotiation required
This hill is unclaimed. Nobody is willing to die on it. Yet. First blood pending.
- Pay, and you hold it.
- Anyone can dethrone you for more.
- Every claim stays on the record.
No claims on the record.
The other side
An automatic escalator becomes the ceiling. Firms that must fund indexation across every payroll line stop funding the discretionary pot, so the person who absorbed a bigger job gets the same bump as the person who coasted. And a wage bill that climbs whatever the year does gets balanced somewhere, usually with a hiring freeze. Someone pays. Normally the newest hires.
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Adjacent hills to die on
Degree requirements for entry-level jobs are classist gatekeeping
Overtime culture is poor management, not dedication
A resume should never exceed one page
Results define your worth at work, not hours logged
Remote work killed mentorship and junior employees pay the price
Wanting work-life balance admits your job is meaningless
More work hills, all of them, or find one worth $1 of your convictions.