The moment the high-tech antitrust employee lawsuit was announced, I got a pay bump of 50%. (Literally the moment - the press release went out and within an ho

The moment the high-tech antitrust employee lawsuit was announced, I got a pay bump of 50%. (Literally the moment - the press release went out and within an hour managers were making the rounds and saying "Well, looks like you got a raise.") It equalized at about 2x my hiring comp. Makes the $1000 I got from that class action lawsuit look pretty piddly, though - if the whole industry's salaries were increased by 50% in a day, how much were we being underpaid before?