[mbsa_cs]

“but his talent to the current company is vastly greater than his generic value on the market”

This has always been one of my fears. I would not want to become indispensable for a no name company while paying the price of being average to the market.

[metabagel]

The point is that the market is willing to pay more, which seems counterintuitive since the employee should be much more valuable to their current employer. But, this does seem to happen with some frequency.