# Cashing In by Cashing Out By:: [[Brian Heath]] 2023-04-14 Recent studies have shown that people who changed employers every two years earned 50% more than those who didn't. What else needs to be said about the real incentives in today's job market? Moving employers is good for the workers but bad for organizations. Therefore, organizations spend huge amounts of time and energy on marketing and propaganda to keep people in their low-paying jobs. They don't care about you, or they would advocate for you to leave to maximize your market potential. Or, better yet, they'd pay you more to stay. Beware of any programs that seem to lock you into staying with a company that does not at least equal the benefit of finding a job elsewhere. Examples include paying for your schooling but only if you commit to staying for several years, positions that temporarily move you from your home so it is harder to quit, management training programs that take years to accomplish but with no guarantees, and generally anything having to do with career advice provided by human resources or gurus hired by the company. #### Related Items [[Work]] [[Salary]] [[Organizational Analytics]] [[Career Advancement]]