&gt;&gt; The company needs to provide better benefits, continuously, or the employee leaves.
&gt;This smacks of entitlement.<p>No, it doesn&#x27;t. To say so is to ignore reality. Business is constantly demanding more growth, more revenue, more profit. Is it honestly that surprising that those who are making that happen be expected to share in that when it does happen? And is it honestly a problem that the employee goes and finds someone who is willing to give them those things if their current employer won&#x27;t?<p>&gt;There&#x27;s a whole world of jobs out there that aren&#x27;t tech, these fields don&#x27;t have the luxury of an expanding industry propping up salaries, providing a social ladder.<p>Good for them. I&#x27;m in tech, and I do have that, so I will take advantage of it. To not do so would be foolish.<p>&gt;Even in tech, I don&#x27;t see anything wrong with the decision to keep the same compensation, and turn over staff every few years.<p>Now who&#x27;s the one who sounds entitled?