Go to some interviews. This will give you some idea of what you could get elsewhere. If you get an offer that is more ammo, even if you don't decide to disclose

Go to some interviews. This will give you some idea of what you could get elsewhere. If you get an offer that is more ammo, even if you don't decide to disclose it will boost your confidence to ask for more. Not sure how experienced you are but no matter how much you love your job it is pretty much dog eat dog. They wont hesitate to fire you if they need to downsize, even if they are downsizing for the wrong reasons. Your good boss could be replaced with a bad one, or the company as a whole decides to stack rank, or pressurize everyone with too much work etc. Let alone they sell to another company, decide to float, or whatever. This can happen in the future and change how much you love this job. So don't be scared to change jobs to get what you want, if you have to. The grass may be greener, or less green. You can always change again.