<prompt> Human: Im currently a marketing coordinator for a TechEd company that is...insanely successful. We are privately owned, have zero debt, and are growing like crazy. I started here in technical support about 5 years ago. At the time the company was at 30ish employees and we are about to hit 170 in a few weeks. I transitioned from tech support to marketing when it became clear our company was planning on expanding and we had zero marketing. My Old!Bossman and I were the first people in the department. He was brought on and then he asked me to move over as I showed interest as I went to school for marketing Some college, never graduated, but major was marketing. This was about 3 12 years ago. Since then, my Old!Bossman has left and our department has grown from just me to 5, plus a new VP of Marketing, New!Bossman, who came on a couple of months ago. We are in Yearly Review season and I recently submitted mine to my boss. Over the past 2 years of reviews, Old!Bossman was not the person who determined my salary or bonus. He would give his 2 cents on my performance and then our CEO and CFO would determine money CEO and CFO are brothers who started our company. Because of this, and their lack of knowledge in marketing, as one is a Physician and the other is a Developer, I did not see much increase to my salary as they were not sure how to gauge what I was doing, even though we saw great results from our work. Last years raisebonus in-particular was horrible. Their excuse was that we were moving into a new building and everyone got a bad raise and bonus which I later learned was not true when I spoke to other departments.Because it is review season and I have been basically dicked over every year in raises and bonuses, I asked New!Bossman if we could sit down and discuss about my situation. I made sure to talk to him about all this, my previous history with the company, being the most tenured employee in the department, and how the CEO and CFOs lack of knowledge in marketing and how to properly gauge it for compensation. He, unlike Old!Bossman, is an executive so he has more of a sway with our CEO, CFO, and HR. He has been nothing but helpful and great and I was part of our VP hire interview process so I helped hire the guy. I mentioned to him that I knew I was the lowest paid, since I came from support I started at 32k and am currently at 48k, not terrible but still not what my coworkers make. I have had some financial issues recently and am hoping that I am able to negotiate to both a title change and a raise. I told him I wanted to bring this to his attention before we discuss my yearly review because I didnt want to spring this on him as Im not sure when decisions are made for raises etc.He seemed reasonable and while we did not discuss numbers, as he does not know what my current salary is, he mentioned that it may be hard to move me For example 50k to 75k but he would be willing to fight for me as he sees my value in the department and company. He said if I wanted something substantial than he was able to negotiate, I may have to play the game and show a job offer that would be at the price you want. He told me to start thinking about salary and such and hed get back to me. He also asked me for an updated job description, which I did, and I mentioned a title change as I have not had one since I moved to marketing.On the opposite side of this my Old!Bossman messaged me today asking if I was looking for another job because he has need for someone. He asked me what salary I wanted, I aimed high and said 65k. He said that was fair and hed see what he could do.Now I dont know WHAT to do. I know New!Bossman mentioned that bringing a job offer to the table would help for a larger raise, but I dont know if I need to wait to see what he offers before I blab out that I have another job offer coming at me. Ive never been in a position like this before and its both exciting and wonderful and terrifying. Some more info: I know that a graphic designer we hired years ago was offered a job with another company about two months after starting. They matched him based on that offer and I think even went a little over as we had a hard time hiring but he turned it down because it was for Southwest. Hard to beat flight perks.Looking for advise on what to do moving forward, if there is anything I missing or if I need to just wait it out. There are a lot of moving parts moving in what I think is a positive direction but Im nervous to sleep on it because I could really use the money. I am open to moving to the other company if I am not able to get them to go at or above what Old!Bossman said. It has the perk of a work-from-home position and I really liked Old!Bossman and Im happy he thought of me. Thank you again and HELP!  <response>: Sounds like ur current company will screw you over, wait until the other makea an offer and make a serious consideration for leaving. You asked for a raise and your company wants to play games with you, while the other company gave you fair value up front. If the offer you get from oldboss is good but you are still on the fence, take whatever offer and tell newboss youll stay for 10 more than what you were offered. Say they have 2 weeks, if they dont like it then leave. 65k is not a whole lot if you are contributing a lot, how much money have you made them? 