Yes, every year. When your expenses are 7+ figures annually even small scale changes make a big difference. I work for another large company and we have a small

Yes, every year. When your expenses are 7+ figures annually even small scale changes make a big difference. I work for another large company and we have a small change (~2 week effort and ~200 LoC) that is going to save the company $500k-$1M/year. So it's a no-brainer for well-run, high scale companies to pay competitively. And that's not even taking into account the rest of the year's worth of engineering time The thing I find funny is I've worked at much smaller companies, worked way harder, made much less of an impact, and got paid much less (justifiably so - a scalar on a small number is still a small number). It's really just comes down to solving the right problems at the right scale