[hyperhopper]

But they did not make a inflation adjusted increase to each employee, so you're just dodging the point.

The increase didn't happen. They declined to boost employee pay

Yeah, maybe the top 5% got bigger increases, but that's not whats being discussed

[UncleMeat]

Google gives regular raises and the raise curves were considerably higher this year than prior years. "Index raises to inflation" would mean lower pay for engineers here.