For big companies it's probably no so much they don't want to do it as they haven't set up their system such that they can do it. Large corporations want to se

For big companies it's probably no so much they don't want to do it as they haven't set up their system such that they can do it. Large corporations want to see you as an interchangeable part, and anything that makes you less like an interchangeable part is a headache they feel they can do without. I work at a very large company. They have divisions with different salary bands and benefits. When you move from one division to another it's like moving to a brand new company. I guarantee you if you negotiated extra vacation at my company they would eventually transfer your business unit to another division and you'd stop accruing the extra. HR would shrug and quote you the corporate policy. You're probably much better off working for a smaller place where the CEO was involved in the salary negotiations.