[janpieterz]

Don't know why the company wouldn't give you a raise for increased cost of living? Plenty of companies will adjust pay based on location, including moving around. And plenty of companies adjust for inflation as well.

Of course any adjustment in pay needs to fit budget, so the company and line manager would need to have the budget to afford to. And there's probably plenty of companies that won't have this as an option or won't adjust for inflation, but there's also plenty of examples that do.