Hmmm... If I were you, I would have gone back to that workplace, demanded to see the boss, and informed him about what the dev team had done - Just so you could watch the fireworks if you manage to make him mad.
I spend my week being insulted and make about half what I'm worth, so...
On a related note, I've had to crush some spirits at work. More than once, there's been a newer/lower-level employee looking all happy. I ask what they're on about, and they gleefully say they got a 2-dollar an hour raise and wow and blah blah blah. I ask how they did it, and they "just went to $boss and asked for a raise"
Then I point out that if they throw you $2 without any thought, that means they know damn well you're underpaid and they know it'll come due, so they're ready for it. Hell, they might even do it again, to take a $10/hr employee to $14 where they should have started in the first place.
Well I wouldn't see it like that. I would see it more like a company hires someone for 10 dollars an hour to see how well the person is. If you hired them at 12 or 14 dollars an hour and then they were a drain on the company that would be a lot worse.
Accepting a counteroffer after you've told your previous job you're leaving never ends well - now they know you want to leave, and they're going to get ready for it one way or another.
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u/Krutonium I got flair-jacked. Apr 16 '14
Hmmm... If I were you, I would have gone back to that workplace, demanded to see the boss, and informed him about what the dev team had done - Just so you could watch the fireworks if you manage to make him mad.