More than likely his boss only wanted to give him 45k because his boss thought he could get away with only giving him 45k. As anyone who has ever set salaries

More than likely his boss only wanted to give him 45k because his boss thought he could get away with only giving him 45k. As anyone who has ever set salaries would know. 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's on them to come back for more. And once they do, you either explain why they'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. What you don't do is shock-and-awe fire them cause they threatened to leave. EVERY negotiation for salary is prefaced with "if we don't agree, I'm gonna leave." Cause that's what will happen. And yeah, I'd hire someone who writes a blog post like this. Because shit happens to people, and sometimes they write about it online. His blog post doesn't make hiss boss look bad. His boss' actions do.