<prompt> Human: Here is my rant and quetsion background first: I work in a software company and on my team we do statistical analysis and a lot of data related tasks. I make 50k and had two teammates who I know are making more I once found an HR file and was disgusted to see that people on my team were making 70k. 2 weeks ago my teammate making the most money quit and handed off all his tasks to me and my co-worker giving us a workload which we can manage with being very busy. The only reason we can manage this is because we both have been working at the company for 2 years. We both wanted raises and asked my boss who told us something along the lines of No, its the same type of work you arent picking up anything new-- its the same work you just have more. In addition the company is on a raise freeze. -- Which is bullshit. The guy who quit was a senior member and he was working with the most annoying hard clients we have. With in the week my other co-worker has found a new job and is quitting this week.I am now stuck at my job making less than average pay I am looking for a new job now for a position of my type and I am going to receive an amount of work that could never be completed by one person. I am going to need to train the new people who wont get hired for a month because the process and security clearances take forever and do the additional work. On top of that the new people will most definitely be making more money than me. Obviously I want to quit my job but is it worth asking for a raise againone week later? How can I tell my boss to be convincing, he knows my accomplishments and I really dont know how he can continue without me.I want to give an ultimatum or just blow up in my bosses face but that is definitely not a good idea.thanks for the help!Assistant: Ultimatums and blowing up very rarely work in the long run. Best bet is just to find a new job. Youd get a larger raise doing that too. If you know he cant continue without you then dont make it a secret you are looking dont shout it either, and the raise may come.Human: I mean that would be my ultimatum, no? I guess the phrasing is important. Saying I am going to look for a new job unless you give me a raise. Versus saying just I am going to begin looking for a new job.  <response>: keep your mouth shut and look for a new job. 