First I led the Advanced Research Team reporting to our CTO. Then the CTO left and I moved to our Technical Planning Team, reporting to the SVP of Engineering. Our team launched the company's most successful product in its history, and designed the next two products to launch in 2017. She said "You've reached the top of your pay grade, so we can't give you any more pay increases." I asked him about it after my meeting with HR and he said "Well, every company has a pay structure."

Source: Forbes March 12, 2017 22:20 UTC