> A raise below inflation is a pay cut. A couple years ago my previous company cut the standard yearly raise from 3% to 2%. When inflation went crazy during th

> A raise below inflation is a pay cut. A couple years ago my previous company cut the standard yearly raise from 3% to 2%. When inflation went crazy during the pandemic I started casually dropping the quoted line into every conversation with coworkers I could. I even threw out some feelers around organizing but I was always laughed off by someone or other.