If you think they’re worth it you pay them for the next title up and you give them raises commensurate with the position. If not, then find another person. See

If you think they’re worth it you pay them for the next title up and you give them raises commensurate with the position. If not, then find another person. Seems simple to me. It’s not the rest of the team’s problem, it’s the problem of the business to solve. You’re making it sound like you’re doing anything other than caring about profits, as if the rest of your employees care about your problems. If your business of 20 employees will fail due to an extra 15k a year, you’re fucked anyways.