The raise is directly depends upon following:

1. What do you do.
2. How critical it is in the eyes of higher management.
3. How quickly you can be replaced.
4. How much business knowledge ONLY you have.
5. How much you have influenced the profitability & efficiency of the organization in the past.
6. What is the current market value of your skill set.
7. How much value are you adding to the organization.

You can stay at one place and continue to grow. Just stay at the forefront of the skills and technology.

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A Delhite in Toronto

8. How quickly you are leaving ?

Sadly , Companies do not consider the worth of a person till the time he leaves . You may be asking for a raise for some years , but the moment you inform them of an offer elsewhere , they are back on the negotiating table ...

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Fido.