A tweet sharing an anecdote on how a company lost a valued employee recently went viral on X. Taking to the microblogging platform, career coach Simon Ingari shared the story about a distraught HR manager who reported to the CEO that a senior employee resigned after getting a better offer at another organisation. “CEO: That makes no sense. We could have matched it. HR: That is the issue. We were willing to pay a stranger 70% more for the same role, but would not give our existing employee even a 20% raise…” wrote Ingari. The CEO explained that external hiring always offers higher salaries due to market pricing. The two talked about how the employee was loyal and was bypassed for salary raise even when his performance exceeded expectations, he was told to wait until next review cycle. The boss tried to justify the lack of recognition saying that budget was complicated for internal employees“HR: Apparently not for external candidates. The new hire budget was approved in three days. His raise request sat for eight months. CEO: We had to stay competitive in the hiring market. HR: He was part of that same market. The only difference is that another company valued him before we did…” Ingari shared. — Simon_Ingari (@Simon_Ingari) The HR explained that the employee left not just because he was dissatisfied over the lack of salary raise , but his loyalty went unnoticed, unacknowledged and without any rewards. The HR manager then lamented how the management would trust a candidate after 45 minutes of interviewing but refuse to do the same to employees who have proved their worth and talent for years. If this lack of appreciation until an employee hands over their resignation becomes prevalent then eventually employees would stop caring over internal validation. He then concluded that sadly, sometimes employees do not get their market value until and unless they stop being employees of a specific company.