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>a stoic would not be able to choose the raise because collective work is not seen
Collectivity is not a main axiom of stoicism, nor is it seen as an imperative by any stoic.
What you call pragmatism is actually stoicism when it is accompanied by an awareness of one's position in life, and a spirit unwavering from the obstacles that life will throw at him.

The main indication of a stoic isn't his actions, it's his attitude behind them.
People too often baggage a stoic with some kind of moral or social responsibility, despite an actual stoic being allergic to either by design.
The stoic acts out of a self-defined virtue, and by the ensurance that whatever the outcome of his actions, having undertaken them IN ITSELF is its own reward.

It doesn't matter that you get the raise or not.
It doesn't matter that the change of company goes well or not.
The stoic will be happy and satisfied with himself after doing everything they can do make those actions end in a success, and if they don't then so be it.

While a pragmatist is entitled to stomping their feet and feeling dejection over failure (since they will be forced into a suboptimal outcome), the stoic will still rejoice, because life has given them yet more proof that nothing can chip at the stoic's marmoreal shield against external influence.

Leave it to the materialist, the pragmatist and the nihilist, to despair at adversity.
The stoic may be killed, injured or diminished, but never offended, for his soul is held within the ironclad shell of his philosophy.