[marcosdumay]

Nah, I fully sympathize with this problem, and fully acknowledge that it's harder. I don't think anybody would disagree.

I'm still fully committed into forcing your hand. It's your problem to solve (or did you want that salary increase to come with less responsibility), not mine. At the same time, once in a lifetime, I have the upper hand, and I'm not letting it pass.

The incessant tribalism by esp. managers insisting that workers just give away anything they want and never negotiate is ridiculously childish.