Title says it all.
A classic case of performing the jobs of multiple people and being the lowest paid (seriously; I’m the ONLY person on my team NOT earning six figures for the same level of work/effort). So you go to upper management to talk about a promotion/raise. Of course, they give you the old “we can’t afford it”, while simultaneously promoting others, and even threatening to go as far as getting a contractor if the work load was “too much to handle”. So off in the job hunt you go. You apply, interview, and eventually you get an offer and accept it. And the kicker: it’s the same job function with the same level of responsibility you have now, only you get a 15% pay increase.
So you go to tell your manager and of course they act all shocked that you’re leaving. Even try to pull the whole “let’s talk salary re-negotiation”. Like is it really that surprising I’m leaving after all of this?