New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Does higher pay offer on exiting a job reveal employee's real value?

Ask HN: Does higher pay offer on exiting a job reveal employee's real value?
4 by valand | 1 comments on Hacker News.
A scenario: an employee, Orion, is announcing to exit a job in a company, RapidData, due to monetary reason. On announcing the exit, Orion is being offered 180% of current pay if he decides to stay in RapidData. Orion's responsibility will not change because of the raise. Does this indicate that: 1.) Orion's value has been 180% of current pay the whole time OR 2.) Orion's value rose because of scarcity based on supply-demand law?