--- title: Don't Be Loyal To A Company | daily.dev description: Don't be loyal to a company if it's not doing well financially. Look for jobs you really want or need. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-be-loyal-to-a-company-r7pjh2jls twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Don't Be Loyal To A Company | daily.dev og:description: Don't be loyal to a company if it's not doing well financially. 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They get a job and think they will be there forever, which is so crazy. You should always have a backup option even if you've been in the company for 1 second or 30 years straight. **@snazzie** · 13 upvotes > Wisdom. If you're getting bent over, kept getting delays in promised promotions. Spend your valuable energy in gtfo. Same for getting underpaid. **@nyagah** · 5 upvotes > Prime always shares the best tips. **@gauravshrivastava** · 3 upvotes > I have learned this hard way. **@divyasimhahrjois** · 2 upvotes > I agree with you in the sense you should rather work for yourself as a developer that's the power you get use your company for your maximum benefit, and I also don't think this is a well rounded advice for everyone, what about majority of Indian who dont have degree , but what's to pursue tech, what about all those people who believe who are in tech but at the end of the day realize they signed up for scam gig that scams americans. I really think you dont understand and this advice is always for the people who are able to know how valuable their own skill, > so the only good soft skill a... ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-be-loyal-to-a-company-r7pjh2jls) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Don't Be Loyal To A Company","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-be-loyal-to-a-company-r7pjh2jls","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-be-loyal-to-a-company-r7pjh2jls"},"datePublished":"2024-01-21T15:46:29.664Z","dateModified":"2024-01-21T15:46:27.964Z","description":"Don't be loyal to a company if it's not doing well financially. 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