I agree that it is "bold" but there is also a lot of context missing. One of them being that I am drastically underpaid compared to other people in lesser positions. They are hiring people on for ENTRY level work at a higher rate than me. So 25% might seem like a lot but that just puts me above where they are hiring new people at. I also made it higher to compensate for years of being forced to do more than others.

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We used to have empires ruled by emperors. There used to be kingdoms lead by kings. Now all we got are countries.

I asked my work for a 25% pay increase.

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