I worked for decades for great employers but I don't recall asking for a raise except once where I'd prenegotiated it as a condition of signing on [at 6 months

I worked for decades for great employers but I don't recall asking for a raise except once where I'd prenegotiated it as a condition of signing on [at 6 months => go to market rate]. It just wasn't worth the hassle to me to negotiate when I could just go to another company that valued me more. There was nothing keeping the employers I left from proactively giving me a raise.