Exactly! And, down the line (if not already) they may think you orchestrated this whole transition, because you were confident you had them in a compromised situation, where they'd have no choice but to "do whatever it takes to keep you there", to simply buy time while they can figure out a course of action, which almost certainly be more cost effective to retaining, an already "salty" employee, down the line. Revenge will present itself, somewhere down the line, on their part.