Originally Posted by
HostileCombover
It most definitely does... For a west coast person, upgrade time plays a massive role in the decision process. If I had job offers from both and wanted to remain west of the Mississippi, I’d weigh upgrade time up there with most other metrics. Money in the bank, dude!
And... LGB upgrade is definitely NOT 8 years. 12 for the lowball reserve plug. The seagull is wise.
Off course upgrade time matters, but the people upgrading now were hired over a decade ago. Using that number to make a prognosis about upgrade time for future hires is not an exact science. Our upgrade in DTW went from 10 to 2 years in one class because of no hiring for 4 years and all DTW FOs were where they wanted to be. If you want to make a (more?) educated guess you need to look at standing bids, forecast retirements and forecast growth (and hope and pray nothing else changes in the next decade). Conservative option: pick a company (and hope it picks you back) where you want to work, unless the upgrade is below 3 years, results from the past don't matter.