&gt; But that doesn&#x27;t make any sense. Ostensibly, you were being paid market rate before. If you were to leave, maybe you&#x27;ll be able to get a raise at another position, maybe not, but the other employees at your company don&#x27;t change that.<p>When it comes to money, humans are generally irrational in their decision making, mostly biased towards emotional decision making.<p><i></i>*<p>This actually happened to me when I was 16 years old. I started working at fastfood job making $4.90&#x2F;hr, WA state&#x27;s minimum wage. I was a very strong worker, and was offered a position as a manager a few months later. I politely declined (read: my mother told me I was dumb to sacrifice my education in order make an extra $1.00 or so an hour).<p>Eventually I was making $5.15 an hour through a series of wage increases due to good reviews. Then the Federal government raised minimum wage to $5.15&#x2F;hr. I went to the store manager and asked for a raise. My argument was that my wage increases were do to my performance and seniority. Any unproven new-hire would start making the same wage as I do. They did not see it that way, and declined to provide me with a compensation increase.<p>The feeling was irrational. I still made my wage, and new employees wages didn&#x27;t come out of my pocket, so it had no impact on me. Still, I felt that my salary should reflect the value I bring to the company.<p>I ended up putting in my two-weeks about a year later when they promoted an inept person to manager.