This wasn't selfless but the last time I got an offer, I used it to negotiate a massive raise then had them lop 20K off that and give it to my coworker instead. For context, I've been overemployed for years, even before the stay-at-home orders for COVID were issued in my area, which made this pragmatic for me but I'd thought about it for years... That ability to balance two+ separate jobs at once has always depended on retaining the actually good coworkers I have at the gig I'd keep if I had to choose.
This wasn't selfless but the last time I got an offer, I used it to negotiate a massive raise then had them lop 20K off that and give it to my coworker instead. For context, I've been overemployed for years, even before the stay-at-home orders for COVID were issued in my area, which made this pragmatic for me but I'd thought about it for years... That ability to balance two+ separate jobs at once has always depended on retaining the actually good coworkers I have at the gig I'd keep if I had to choose.