Overview
- - The manager says the company limited annual increases to 1.5% with no room to negotiate despite solid performance.
- - The engineer reportedly left without notice after calling the raise insulting and quickly accepted an offer about 10% higher.
- - According to the post, a 3% bump — roughly $2,000, about Rs 1.8–1.84 lakh — would have convinced him to stay.
- - The manager says the departing project lead takes critical know-how and custom workflows with him, leaving a “massive hole” in the team.
- - Outlets note the account comes from user-generated content and has not been independently verified, while many commenters called a 1.5% increase a pay cut and supported the move.