--- title: A Higher Salary Alone Is Not Enough to Motivate Change description: Reflecting on a series of events at the end of 2023, the post considers how difficult it is to motivate people to change, even with attractive job offers. It... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-higher-salary-alone-is-not-enough-to-motivate-change-yxpa1fucn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A Higher Salary Alone Is Not Enough to Motivate Change | daily.dev og:description: Reflecting on a series of events at the end of 2023, the post considers how difficult it is to motivate people to change, even with attractive job offers. It... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-higher-salary-alone-is-not-enough-to-motivate-change-yxpa1fucn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yxpA1fucn.png og:image:alt: A Higher Salary Alone Is Not Enough to Motivate Change og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A Higher Salary Alone Is Not Enough to Motivate Change **[Codemotion](https://daily.dev/sources/codemotion)** · 10 min read · 13 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Reflecting on a series of events at the end of 2023, the post considers how difficult it is to motivate people to change, even with attractive job offers. It explores the reasons why programmers hesitate to accept new opportunities, delving into factors beyond salary that influence their decisions. The post emphasizes the importance of corporate appeal and growth opportunities to attract and retain talent, suggesting that non-monetary factors often play a significant role in career decisions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@isaacmathew** · 3 upvotes > Paying people more money is not always the answer. A culture of change most often plays a more significant role than any amount of company perks. **@matteobaccan** · 0 upvotes > It's a reflection I made months ago and wanted to share, since people often tend to give more weight to compensation, rather than what a job position can actually give you --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#mental-health](https://daily.dev/tags/mental-health), [#company-culture](https://daily.dev/tags/company-culture) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-higher-salary-alone-is-not-enough-to-motivate-change-yxpa1fucn) ```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":"A Higher Salary Alone Is Not Enough to Motivate Change","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-higher-salary-alone-is-not-enough-to-motivate-change-yxpa1fucn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-higher-salary-alone-is-not-enough-to-motivate-change-yxpa1fucn"},"datePublished":"2024-11-04T08:34:13.170Z","dateModified":"2024-12-11T08:57:37.801Z","description":"Reflecting on a series of events at the end of 2023, the post considers how difficult it is to motivate people to change, even with attractive job offers. 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