Excellent advice from most of the old farts here and I don't have much to add.
I will jump in as an anecdote that you don't have to jump ship to stay competitive. Position yourself as a valuable employee and sometimes shoot for out-of-cycle raises - when they don't have to meet that "5 stars = 6%" quota - particularly before an important point in your project (kicking off a big effort you'll lead, nearing a big deployment, etc).
Maybe I got lucky. I do concede that it was far easier when we were a small company than after we got purchased and then merged again and got bigger and bigger - but it's happened with both.
I will jump in as an anecdote that you don't have to jump ship to stay competitive. Position yourself as a valuable employee and sometimes shoot for out-of-cycle raises - when they don't have to meet that "5 stars = 6%" quota - particularly before an important point in your project (kicking off a big effort you'll lead, nearing a big deployment, etc).
Maybe I got lucky. I do concede that it was far easier when we were a small company than after we got purchased and then merged again and got bigger and bigger - but it's happened with both.
2001 M5
2016 M3
2014 Grand Cherokee
Been had: 1984 318i | 2003 S2000 | 1990 330is | 2005 STi | 2005 M3
2016 M3
2014 Grand Cherokee
Been had: 1984 318i | 2003 S2000 | 1990 330is | 2005 STi | 2005 M3