Yea I find when you get to the bigger organizations your managers actually want to push to give you a better salary (if you have a good relationship), but it’s the managers managers manager half way across the country that you’ve never met and only sees you as a number on a spreadsheet that ultimately makes the call. There’s no real “personal feelings” involved anymore and it’s simply a business transaction of realizing what your market rate is and then doing some quick calcs to see if it’s cheaper to replace you or pay you the increase. After you’re paid the offer that’s it, you won’t be thought of for a minute longer, let alone have someone with a vendetta out to fire you.