More than likely his boss only wanted to give him 45k because his boss thought he could get away with only giving him 45k.<p>As anyone who has ever set salaries would know.<p>When someone comes to you for a raise, you try and sort out what the absolute minimum amount you can give them is, and go with that. It&#x27;s on them to come back for more.<p>And once they do, you either explain why they&#x27;re only worth whatever your max is, or you raise your max, or give them a list of things they need to do to raise your max and a timeline upon which you will re-evaluate them.<p>What you don&#x27;t do is shock-and-awe fire them cause they threatened to leave.<p>EVERY negotiation for salary is prefaced with &quot;if we don&#x27;t agree, I&#x27;m gonna leave.&quot; Cause that&#x27;s what will happen.<p>And yeah, I&#x27;d hire someone who writes a blog post like this. Because shit happens to people, and sometimes they write about it online.<p>His blog post doesn&#x27;t make hiss boss look bad. His boss&#x27; actions do.