Originally Posted by Unregistered

Or more like:

HR and senior management would rather the person scoot off him/herself, and then later hire someone else with 20-40% more than 6k. Becoz it is easier to hire new staff with right salary, than to justify why they need to "specially" increment the one existing staff by 20-40%. Becoz otherwise break PSD guidelines.

Of course, unless the staff is from key positions in cornerstone projects (i.e. projects that cannot afford to be extended), in which case they probably would have been well-fed in the first place