Are you outside the three- to five-year salary bump window? One of the best ways to boost your pay is to switch organizations. And the best time to do that is often three to five years after you’ve started. ADP, the massive human resources management company, found that this period represents the sweet spot for pay increases.3 Fewer than three years might be too little time to develop the most marketable skills. More than five years is when employees start becoming tied to their company and moving up its leadership ranks, which makes it more difficult to start somewhere else.
