Assume an SDE/SE/NE costs $125,000 per year on average. Multiply that by 10,000 employees to reach $1.25B per year. A 3% raise costs you $37M dollars. Not an in

Assume an SDE/SE/NE costs $125,000 per year on average. Multiply that by 10,000 employees to reach $1.25B per year. A 3% raise costs you $37M dollars. Not an insubstantial amount of profit to give up.