Without any context, I might agree. But...<p>&gt; As a manager if someone tries to blackmail me with leaving, I usually say &quot;Then leave&quot;. Never let people blackmail you.<p>With the assumption that he fulfilled all his duties at work (i.e. good work performance), there is nothing wrong with asking to be paid close to &#x2F; comparable to his peers.<p>Salary contention is the easiest to fix. If you let go everyone who asks for a raise, then either your company is paying way below market rate or it is simply an excuse to get out of the organisation.<p>&gt; Would I hire someone who swears and uses f* in a conversation with his boss? No.<p>I agree, but what I get is that the conversation happened via email exchanges. It wasn&#x27;t clear whether the f* was directed at the CEO &#x2F; boss or something outside of the conversation (i.e. venting).<p>&gt; Would I hire someone who creates a blog to make his boss look bad? No.<p>He&#x27;s obviously desperate to find a way out of a bad situation, thus the cry for help.