You never know what you've got until it's gone… An old philosophical adage that rings true throughout all areas of our lives, speaking to the fact that we don't really appreciate something's worth until we no longer have it, whether that be a time in our lives, an object, or even an individual. It's easy to take things for granted when they're right in front of you, and it's easy to think that how things are now is how they will be forever, evoking a resigned, almost begrudging feeling towards what seems like an endless daily pattern that's taking place in endless span time, stretching out all around you... Fast forward five, ten, fifteen, twenty (and so on and so forth) years, and you'll soon find that nothing is really quite the same as you feared it to be at that point. Finding further that you actually miss some of the things they once were.
Anyways, this is all a really unnecessary, lengthy philosophical intro that is now segueing into the point: Employers will never appreciate your work until you're not there. Only then will they realize that some things they took for granted as being easy or easy to replicate were actually quite a bit more complex and hard to nail down than they might have imagined. They'll never admit this to you, of course, but they sure as heck will have moments when they miss you when you're gone.
This dynamic will often result in situations where your bosses are reluctant to give you a raise—and why should they? You're here now and doing your job already, so why should they pay you more to do it? Only after they deny you a raise and you subsequently leave will they reconsider and suddenly realize that you are worth what you were asking for… That's what this worker reported experiencing when their boss was suddenly willing to grant all their requests once they had handed in their notice.
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