Two more reasons not to bother.
In early 1997 I stepped up another increment in salary and five years later the total salary is now about HKD 35 000 less. That’s correct, five more increments but the salary has gone down about USD 4 500 or GBP 3 000 per year
How about the guy who will have completed about two and a half years and will be leaving with a provident fund worth about HKD 30 000.