> Companies in the private sector pay you based on the market for your skills, not cost-of-living. They problem is if you stay too long, you no longer make mar

> Companies in the private sector pay you based on the market for your skills, not cost-of-living. They problem is if you stay too long, you no longer make market rate and HR "can't give out X% raises" to get you to market because of some arbitrary made up BS rule.