I wonder how the DBA tried to sell his $8k raise, what salary he started with, or how his annual raises progressed. Because it seems to me he had a dynamite job, and with the right sales pitch could have been making a six figure salary. And the company is now paying for trying to save a $4k raise.

A further part to the story, which will help explain it. The IT director, who'd been at the company for about 2 years to the DBA's 5, was the one who'd been quibbling over the $4k. The DBA's manager had been pushing for $65k, hoping to get $60k. When the DBA put his resignation in, the #2 in the company called him into his office and asked about why he was leaving. The DBA laid it out and the #2 said "I can give you $65k right now, no questions asked." The DBA refused, citing the IT director as the issue. The raise issue had been a test of the director's commitment to his people. He failed.

In the year since this happened (last November), I know of 4 people in the department of 20 that have left, including myself and the DBA. Last I heard, another 6 were looking. All have cited the director as a major reason for their decision. *shrugs*

My criteria for good software:
  1. Does it work?
  2. Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?

In reply to Re^3: Popularity of Perl vs. availability of Perl developers by dragonchild
in thread Popularity of Perl vs. availability of Perl developers by aufflick

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