Ah, but I was just an auditor, dime a dozen (not the CPA kind of auditor either, just a fraud/compliance one). Took me a while to find something better - plus I was the only one working for a while - my hubby was recovering from shoulder surgery and finding new work too. Fun times. But companies don’t always have the employees under their thumbs, so to speak.
Back in 1997 I was a contractor at a health care company. So many of their IT employees were quitting to become higher paid contractors that they had a special IT meeting (and, oddly, even invited contractors) where they gave all employees an across the board 20% raise.
Ah, heady times...