[ne0flex]

At my current firm, I found out that my co-worker, a new hire (22-year about a year out of college) was making $3k more than me, who is 10 years older than him. Spoke with my boss about this and they gave me a 30% bump. The HR reasoning was that they thought I was 'happy' with my current salary and that I had loyalty to the company because I've been with them for 5 years. A former coworker went to get an offer from another firm and tried to use that as leverage for a salary increase and ended up getting fired.

[selcuka]

> A former coworker went to get an offer from another firm and tried to use that as leverage for a salary increase and ended up getting fired.

This is normally what HR does. I'm surprised that they didn't do the same to you. They probably needed you more than the other person, or even with a 30% raise you were still cheaper than a new hire.

[torginus]

I've also had the 'oh I didn't know you wanted to make more money!' discussion with my manager, and it seems just so non-genuine.