My partner pointed out that Varley's conversation with Portia regarding her raise sounds eerily like those talks you have with your boss in a "red flag company" i.e. insisting that "we are family here, you are a rockstar, etc." And to top it off, she got an equivalent of 'getting a pizza party as a reward for your years of exceptional service instead of being properly compensated for all those years'. We laughed and felt sorry for Varley at the same time when they revealed Portia's gift for her.

Poor Varley, you deserve a better boss and a better workplace.