Two companies ago, I was tech lead for a small team of 3. I asked for a regularization of my pay check as I was getting 60% market value; 90% or I’m going to lo

Two companies ago, I was tech lead for a small team of 3. I asked for a regularization of my pay check as I was getting 60% market value; 90% or I’m going to look elsewhere. I told them they have 6 months to figure out what they want to do with me because I don’t like dropping projects just like that. They fought me the whole 6 months to keep my low pay. In the last day of the 6 months, I went and offered my resignation and the manager smiled at me, with a lot of proud in his voice, informing me that they debated and my salary would go up to 80% market value. It has disgusted me enough that even 200% would have made me leave.