How we work is broken

Everyone is jumping for higher salary because they're supposed to - as potentially expenses increases over time over an individual's life cycle.

I was new to my role , had some experience already, and now 2.5 years later I'm an expert in this role ...and I'm feeling the pressure of "switching" for better pay and learning and growth because otherwise I'm stagnated in this role in this company.

My CTC right now was once upon a time my aspiration but now it's on the lower average side for my years of experience.

But wasn't the point of work to find a place where you can work for a long long time and make decent money - I like the role , the bosses , the flexibility etc. But the organization size is small and there genuinely isn't much steep growth path ahead.

I am ambitious and I would like a bigger role in a different company at some point of time in my life but right now everything is settled here and is fine...except the learning / growth/ salary is now stagnated for the next ~12 months or so.

I'm confused about staying or switching.