There is an apt metaphor for this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog I learnt it long ago and watch for it n

There is an apt metaphor for this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog I learnt it long ago and watch for it now, after I had a similar experience but not conditions, just low salary. After years of low pay, my last job gave me a 20% increase (which was substantially better than previous positions), and my current job gave me a 60% increase on top of that, because according to the technical test I did, I was actually one of the most capable developers they'd interviewed and gave me the maximum salary for the position, not the value I'd requested (which was about $15K less).