[withinboredom]

You’re lucky that your employer negotiates. I worked at a place that came back with: “oh, you looked for another job, so you are not happy here. We pay you what we think you’re worth and if you don’t agree, it sounds like you aren’t happy here anyway. Here’s a severance package, now go fuck off.” (Paraphrased).

It was their legit policy to fire you if you tried negotiating your salary.

[redleggedfrog]

I have 6 weeks of vacation which I never take more than 2 at a time at my employer's request because when I'm gone it's less than optimal. They are acutely aware of this. For the last 6 or 7 years we've had good metrics on developer productivity and error rates which also helps make my case. If they fired me I'd just take the position I was offered anyway.