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Good luck, I'm curious what responses you get. So often, you have to threaten to leave to get a raise, and even then, it's not unusual for the raise to still not be as much as you could get by leaving.

I've had this happen at least twice. First time, we were all paid varying rates, but about 5-10 of the senior folks left for a lot more money. I heard that a bunch of folks got raises shortly after.

Another time, I gave notice, they tried to counter for a lot less than I was leaving for. I left. I got another friend to leave with me. They tried to get both of us back multiple times over the course of the next few years. Eventually, our new boss pissed him off and he went back, for way more than their last counter offer had been.

There was a saying at that place that the only way to get a raise (other than the small yearly raises) was to leave.