Completely disagree, both from the perspective as an employee who has used it as a bargaining chip, and as part of evaluating my own assistants. I've not viewed my assistants in a different light, and the only difference I noticed from my own bargaining was an acknowledgement of my value to the enterprise. Most people understand that it is a free job market and good talent will ask for increased compensation as their value grows over time. I'd rather have someone under me ask for more pay than grumble about not getting what they believe they deserver (and having the bargaining chip of an offer from another company shows they truly are worth that much).
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Completely disagree, both from the perspective as an employee who has used it as a bargaining chip, and as part of evaluating my own assistants. I've not viewed my assistants in a different light, and the only difference I noticed from my own bargaining was an acknowledgement of my value to the enterprise. Most people understand that it is a free job market and good talent will ask for increased compensation as their value grows over time. I'd rather have someone under me ask for more pay than grumble about not getting what they believe they deserver (and having the bargaining chip of an offer from another company shows they truly are worth that much).