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Until I realized you did in fact have to ask for it, loudly. And what I found is that they will agree, but drag their feet when following through usually. In those cases you wait until you have leverage and then hammer the point home by handing in your resignation, stating you might be convinced to change your mind.
It works pretty well.
Also: don't do this if you are not prepared to follow through with your resignation. I had a friend try this and security walked him out the door 10 minutes later. See my above point about leverage on how to prevent such a situation, which he didn't have.
Is it safe to stay at a company that only gave you what you wanted after you threatened to leave, what's stopping them from keeping you around just long enough to hire your replacement because they now consider you a flight risk
I think this depends a lot on the type of company. Large companies won't really care, but family owned businesses are a very different beast. Still, in my case (corporate) there was a gentlemans agreement that I would stay on for at least 3 years. Meanwhile all layers of management except the ceo, who started the week before he got my upgraded contract on his desk, have moved or changed and I doubt many even know what happened.
My company doesn't hire enough people to have full backups for positions. In return for that, they pay well. But sometimes you need to slam your fist on the table in order to get paid well or you will stay close to your starting salary for ages.