I knew of a company in Bracknell that got rid of thier network person who had been with the company from day 1(large company using extreme kit) he was on ?27000 at the time, so he ended up at the company next door on ?36000 (going rate)

The first company then decided to rollput VOIP having never upgraded the firmware or paid support (this was a 600 seat rollout) it all went pete tong (in the 11 years the tech had been there this network had never been down) cutting to the point this was Friday and it all had to be working by Monday morning so the IT Director went to phoned the tech and asked it he would help out

He said he would for his job back at ?60000 a year for the next 10 years in writting (he was 55 at the time) and they paid it and hes still there as this amount didnt cover one days daytime in sales (The person who made the decision to get rid of hime was gone Monday PM)