My salary went up 60% by changing job twice. The first place could have kept me by offering me fair market rate for the role I had. The 2nd place couldn't hav

My salary went up 60% by changing job twice. The first place could have kept me by offering me fair market rate for the role I had. The 2nd place couldn't have kept me with a bar of Gold every morning but it was a pay bump which levelled me into the salary I'm on now. If your biggest issue is recruitment then it seems pretty obvious you pay your existing staff fair-market rate because replacing them is more expensive than just paying them (and because it's fair though fairness doesn't appear to a motivation).