The exit interview where the HR lady cried, then offered me a raise

Back in 2019 I quit a regional sales gig in Cleveland after two years of watching my manager take credit for everything I did. During the exit interview, this HR woman named Diane asked why I was leaving, and I gave her the honest rundown, not nasty, just facts about the credit thing and the 50-hour weeks. She sat there quiet for a minute, then her eyes got wet and she admitted the same manager had done it to her before she moved to HR. Then she offered me a $6,000 bump and a different team if I stayed, which I almost took, but I'd already signed on elsewhere. Has anyone else had a corporate handler suddenly turn human at the last second like that?