<prompt> Human: Ive been working for this company for just over 4 years. It was the first position I accepted after graduating college has been a great place to get my feet wet in the industry. Ive been fortunate to advance quickly and be recognized as someone theyd like to promote to the leadership team in a few years time.A few months ago, they approached me about the opportunity to relocate to one of their other offices where theyd lost a valuable senior staff member. The office is about 600 miles away from where I currently work the cost of living in that city is roughly 5-10 higher. The job theyve asked me to consider includes a multitude of new responsibilities, not the least of which is managing mentoring a staff of 3-4 junior team members.I currently make just over 51k and the value of the contracts I manage exceeds 700k. The company generally makes a profit of 20 contract value. Friday, they gave me their offer consisting of a 5 raise and an offer to share moving costs. I was taken aback by this as I feel I add far more value to this company than they are compensating me for and, as it was their request that I relocate, I think they should be covering moving costs in full. When I pushed for an explanation of why the offer was low, I was told that my salary already exceeds others with my years of experience and that they cant go higher because it isnt fair to my peers. I was told that I should be grateful for the opportunity potential fast-track advancement after proving my managerial chops.Its extremely frustrating to me to be expected to take an offer based on the promise of future advancement. They are essentially asking me to replace someone with twice my years of experience, in a different state, and to manage a staff on top of my current duties, for about 2500. I have a follow-up meeting on Monday. Id like to make a counteroffer, but havent settled on what that should be. 15? 20? If they dont budge, my inclination is to walk away from this offer my employer, chalk this up as a learning experience, and find somewhere where Ill be more valued. What is your thought?EDIT: Thank you all for your input! This got far more attention than I anticipated I truly appreciate you guys taking the time to weigh-in on my situation. Ill let you know how the follow-up goes!UPDATE: Meeting was delayed until this morning, so apologies for keeping yall on the edge of your seats! I decided to counter for a 15 raise bringing me up to just shy of 60k full moving costs including PTO to find a place, lodging rental costs during said trip, cost of hauling possessions, and cost to break my current lease--likely around 5k in total value. While they declined my request for a salary increase due to years of experience, as expected despite my best effort to combat that argument, they approved paying for full moving costs are working on an offer for me to get a percentage of the profit from my contracts in perpetuity. No word on what that percentage is just yet, but I will know likely by the end of today. If it comes back as an attractive offer, I plan on accepting relocating for at least a year to get the resume line before jumping ship.For anyone looking to do the same, this is my experience: I went in with a counteroffer letter succinctly thanking them for the opportunity, letting them know what I objected to, and restating my cause happy to share my write-up if anyone is interested. There was a lot of discussion--mostly me reinforcing why I am of extreme value to the company and them reinforcing that they cant increase my salary based on their verified data. We hit a stalemate about 20 minutes into the conversation, which was only broken when I asked what else theyd be willing to put on the table. They suggested the profit percentage as a way for me to have a more direct investment in the company make some extra money to bring me up to the level of pay I originally requested. Id thought of asking about this option previously, but honestly didnt think that they would go for it--shows that you might as well throw it out there! Well see what happens next.Again, thank you for all of your input, sympathy, and cautionary tales. I would not have been nearly as prepared without your help!Assistant: Thats an insane offer on their part... Theyre asking you to take on more responsibility, less pay relatively, and uproot your entire life. All on a promise you might advance in the future. Turn down the offer and start looking for new jobs. Even if you like the company, after turning down this offer you have no future there. Theyll never offer you another promotion and youll be dead ended.Human: Agreed. I feel like they backed me into a corner where there is no possibility of me winning in the long run. Time to bust out that resume!Assistant: What about telling them what it would take for you to accept the position rather than flatly rejecting it? Shoot a little high as negotiations usually land somewhere in the middle of the high and low offers. And if they dont negotiate with you, then its not you turning them down. And if they cant make the offer tempting enough and you pass, think about suggesting a couple names of people they should look at next if you can think of any.Human: Definitely planning on doing this in my counter offer tomorrow, but in the initial discussion they were really adamant about not being able to justify any additional compensation. Any ideas how to get around the years of experience argument?  <response>: If they are adamant about not offering more money, you are adamant about not taking the position. Theyre trying to fuck you over. Im sorry, but even 20 more than you make is less than we pay supervisors where I work. Im not even talking about managers, I mean supervisors. As in someone with the ability to approve time cards and write your consolidated performance evaluation to present to the manager. 