So I work in medical manufacturing, laser marking specifically. It’s kinda weirdly technical job with not a lot of operators in my area. There also happens two be two competing companies in my area. I applied at one on a whim and lied about how much I was making. They made an offer at 27/hr. I told my supervisor that and she knew how fucked my current company would be. There’s only one other person in laser and I was adamant that I don’t want my pay to be above theirs (they have waaaay more tenure and do most of the programming). Well I received the counter offer of 27.25 and my coworker will be getting a bump in pay as well. Only reason I am staying is out of solidarity for my coworker and this benefits both of us.
Tl;dr fuck work but also support your coworkers