降薪跳槽成常态?1/4 美国人已妥协

降薪跳槽成常态？1/4 美国人已妥协

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一直以来，涨薪都是人们跳槽的最大动力。但如今越来越多美国打工人发现，能保住一份稳定的工作已是幸事。这让他们不仅不再期待涨薪，甚至愿意降薪去谋求一份更稳妥的工作。这一变化和AI的席卷有关系吗？我们又该如何调整自己的职业规划？一起来听今天的讲解。

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英文原文

Hoping for a Big Raise This Year? Adjust Your Expectations2026.03.31

今年还在期待大幅加薪？调整一下你的预期

By Callum Borchers

Ann Schliemann made six figures as a project manager a couple of years ago. Her next job paid $90,000. Now she is interviewing for $80,000 positions after being laid off in December.

几年前，安·施利曼（Ann Schliemann）做项目经理时，年薪尚有六位数。但她的下一份工作，薪水降到了9万美元。去年12月她被解雇了，如今她正在面试薪资8万美元的岗位。

While some Americans are still upping their earnings, federal data show overall wage growth has been slowing since the second half of 2022. More than a quarter of people who recently switched jobs took pay cuts, and 16.3% settled for lateral moves, according to ZipRecruiter.

虽然有一部分美国人的收入仍在上涨，但联邦数据显示，自2022年下半年以来，整体薪资增速已持续放缓。根据ZipRecruiter的数据，近期换工作的人中，超过四分之一接受了降薪，还有16.3%的人选择了平级跳槽。

With more applicants for fewer job openings, many of us are being forced to adjust our expectations around pay.

随着开放招聘的职位减少而求职者增多，许多人都被迫调整对薪资的预期。

It's debatable whether AI efficiencies are as responsible for layoffs and salary deflation as some executives claim. Automation can be a convenient cover to reverse postpandemic overhiring—not to mention an attempt to signal that a business is on the cutting edge.

人工智能带来的效率提升，是否如一些高管所言，是裁员和薪资缩水的罪魁祸首，这一点还尚无定论。而且自动化可能只是扭转疫情后过度招聘的一个便利借口——更不用说这也是一种标志着企业处于技术前沿的手段。

Job seekers aren't the only ones feeling downward pressure on salaries. People who are employed can't assume the customary pay bump is coming this year. At the same time, bonuses are shrinking, and fewer employees are receiving them, according to payroll software provider ADP.

感受到薪资下行压力的，不是只有求职者。在职人员也不能默认今年的加薪会如期到来。与此同时，根据薪资软件提供商ADP的数据，奖金正在缩水，拿到奖金的员工正在减少。

It's a commentary on how bosses view their charges at the moment. Managers are focused on retaining key players; just about everyone else is replaceable.

这也反映出了老板们当下对员工的态度。管理者们只关心留住核心员工；而其他几乎所有人都是可以替代的。

This should prompt us to think differently about job hopping. Sizable raises have traditionally been primary motivators; security may now be the main reason to make a change. Some workers use the term "lily padding" to describe career moves that are more about finding safe landing spots, or learning skills to become more employable, than about scoring bigger paychecks.

我们应该因此开始用不同的视角看待跳槽这件事。大幅涨薪一直以来都是跳槽的主要动力；而如今，寻求职业稳定性或许已成为人们跳槽的主要原因。一些职场人士用“踩莲叶式跳槽”来形容这种职业变动——其目的更多在于寻找安全的落脚点，或是学习新技能以提升就业竞争力，而非单纯追求更高的薪资。

生词好句

1.raise

英 [reɪz]美 [reɪz]

n. 上调

拓展:

pay raise/salary increase 工资上调，加薪

2.adjust someone's expectations

调整某人的预期

3.six figures

（美国语境）指年薪超过10万美元；六位数

4.lay off

裁员

拓展:

layoff n. 裁员辨析：lay off vs. fire区别：layoff通常不是因为个人表现，而是公司层面的决定，比如经济不好、组织调整而被裁员。fire一般是因为员工表现不好，被直接解雇。

5.up

英 [ʌp]美 [ʌp]

v. 提高，增加（increase）

6.earning

英 [ˈɜːnɪŋ]美 [ˈɜːrnɪŋ]

n. 收入（income）

7.switch jobs

换工作（change jobs）

8.take pay cuts

接受降薪

拓展:

take v.（本文）承受，接受；拿

9.settle for something

退而求其次

10.lateral move

平级跳槽

拓展:

lateral adj. 横向的

11.ZipRecruiter

美国比较主流的招聘平台

12.adjust our expectations around pay

调整我们对薪资的预期

拓展:

lowball offer （雇主开出的）"明显偏低"（低于市场水平或低于应聘者预期）的报价、压价录用

13.debatable

英 [dɪˈbeɪtəbl]美 [dɪˈbeɪtəbl]

adj. 有争议的

14.be responsible for something

（本文）导致了某个结果；负责做某件事

拓展:

She is responsible for marketing.她负责市场工作。Smoking is responsible for many health problems.吸烟会引发多种健康问题。

15.salary deflation

薪资下降

拓展:

deflation n. 通货紧缩deflate v. 放气；使人泄气、没信心to deflate a balloon, a tyre 给气球、轮胎放气They were totally deflated by losing the game.输了比赛之后，整个人都泄气了。inflation n. 充气，打气；通货膨胀

16.reverse

英 [rɪˈvɜːs]美 [rɪˈvɜːrs]

（本文）v. 纠正，推翻；（使）反向;（使）倒转；彻底改变（to change something completely so that it is the opposite of what it was before ）；n. 倒档，倒车档（R）

17.signal

英 [ˈsɪɡnəl]美 [ˈsɪɡnəl]

v. 释放信号

18.the cutting edge

技术前沿

19.downward pressure

下行压力

20.customary pay bump

惯常的加薪（usual pay bump）

拓展:

customary adj. 习以为常的

21.It's a commentary on …

这是对……的一种反映、评论

22.charge

英 [tʃɑːdʒɪz]美 [tʃɑːrdʒɪz]

n. 员工，下属

23.retain

英 [rɪˈteɪn]美 [rɪˈteɪn]

v. 留存，保留

24.replaceable

英 [rɪˈpleɪsəbl]美 [rɪˈpleɪsəbl]

adj. 可替代的

25.prompt somebody to

促使某人去……

26.用while连接两个分句

While sizable raises have traditionally been primary motivators, security may now be the main reason to make a change.

27.lily pad

（本文）此处用来形容职业变动；睡莲叶；睡莲浮叶

拓展:

lily n. 睡莲