I'm guessing you know that would do nothing to "combat inflation". Without additional context, it is also hard to know if a 40% raise is justified or not. If t

I'm guessing you know that would do nothing to "combat inflation". Without additional context, it is also hard to know if a 40% raise is justified or not. If they got a 10% raise last year and if their "compensation" was already in line with other similar jobs then clearly a 40% raise is ludicrous. If they have not had a raise in 20 years, perhaps it was high time they got a 40% increase. Maybe you could add more local context for us (assuming you are from the Austin area).