> and a 5% difference in the raise, from "extremely large raise" to "ridiculously large raise". Sorry, but we've had a large run of inflation _and_ we have no

> and a 5% difference in the raise, from "extremely large raise" to "ridiculously large raise". Sorry, but we've had a large run of inflation _and_ we have no idea what kind of raises they've had in the recent past. Have they had cost of living raises, or nothing from the last 5 years so they need to catch up? There is always more context than can fit in a single sentence.