I work at a medium sized tech company. It is all privately owned by the CEO still and he is looking to sell soon and retire. Because of this, the company is obsessed with spending as little money as possible. No one can get a raise, reimbursement, promotion, hire, or purchase without the CEO’s approval. When someone is fired or quits we are not allowed to fill their role leaving every department understaffed. Just last week however a new advertising campaign came out and we made nearly 10x in one day what we normally make a week as a company. The CEO went to every floor of our office to share the good news to everyone. The same day he denied several raises for hardworking, critical, employees. Now a group of us are planning to all quit together, leaving no one behind to manage our product that has made the company so much money lately.