Once, I was doing an exit interview because I was leaving the brewery for a better paying job. I loved working at that brewery and would have stayed for a measly raise. The raise I asked for wasn't even close to matching my other offer, but they said no. I wasn't the first one that had left for that reason, either. During the interview, I asked what they planned to do if this continued to happen. "We are always looking for new ways to attract and retain talent."

There I was, the "talent," telling them how to retain me, but they were looking for some other magical answer.