[toolsadmin]

You shouldn't really be concerned about this "relationship" that much. You're trading your time, life - for money. The fact that there is significant attrition is good for leverage.

If you've been making a significant contribution, go ahead and ask. If the answer is something along the lines of "compensation shouldn't be the main driver for our employees" you know:

a) they don't value you b) they're full of shit

Its good to ask to separate the wheat from the chaff. Upvoted the question btw, don't know what kind of retards downvoted it.