After lurking on here for a while I finally got fed up with the way my job (IT technician) was treating me both in pay and workload. Came to find out others hired in around the same time as me with similar backgrounds were making $24 off the bat to my $18. And started looking around and applying to other jobs in the area.
I met with and demanded a raise to at least $24 to bring me up to the current market rate in my area and was told that I need to 'Consider if the company was the right fit for me'. This was on Tuesday morning on the 15th.
Well today I just got a job offer after interviewing yesterday morning for $25 an hour and full benefits. Oh and support scope is a whopping 60 or so devices compared to the ~1600 I was primarily supporting before.
As a courtesy (mostly because this company has a lot of local and national sway) I let them know of the offer and asked if they had a counter offer but will probably turn it down regardless unless they move me to a different team along with beating the pay.
Best part is, my director is/was going on vacation next week so I can pretty much guarantee I ruined at least part of that for them.