Like some of the other posters here I too had an experience where I was doing fairly unique work that not many others were capable of doing, nor willing to do. It involved working much longer hours to accommodate and solely support an overseas office. I had changed into that department immediately prior to what should have been a performance review and salary adjustment... but got neither. After first year had a barely nominal "raise" which, considering how I'd bust my nut and helped generate many millions of extra sales, was insulting. I actually rejected the "congratulations you get a nominal performance raise" letter from my supervisor and verbalize I was grossly unhappy and it was insulting, not to mention didn't come close to meeting industry standards. After a few weeks of p*ssing around they came back with about a ~7% raise, still well under industry and my colleagues. I found another role paying ~25% more (and that's after the 7% raise) and handed in my notice... somehow they were shocked, surprised, and wanted to keep me around. "what can we do to keep you in this career building role and we so appreciate you... blah blah blah". Sorry, you had your chance.
That anxious, stressful, and scary time taught me a lot... work hard and have a solid reputation; stand up for yourself; always support your request with factual quantifiable data; look after #1; don't be afraid of change.
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