> before they were the high paying behemoth they are now, there were regular complaints about compensation. You mean back when they were illegally colluding wi

> before they were the high paying behemoth they are now, there were regular complaints about compensation. You mean back when they were illegally colluding with Apple and other technology companies to suppress wages. > The next response came much later and it was a broad leveling of pay. I got a 20% pay bump after the wage fixing scheme collapsed and those pay resets happened, and my employer was in no way involved in it-- Apple and Google's conspiracy just suppressed wages far beyond the active participants. It's not about tone-deafness it's about maximizing profit. Parties that will willfully and knowingly break the law to conspire to fix wages aren't going to be bothered by moves which seem a little cruel or illogical.