[jkestner]

Right. From the article:

  Several employees who stayed, while exhilarated by the
  raises, say they now feel a lot of pressure. “Am I doing 
  my job well enough to deserve this?” said Stephanie Brooks,
  23, who joined Gravity as an administrative assistant two
  months before the wage increase. “I didn’t earn it.”

(edit) I understand the gut feeling of unfairness from the people who were already earning more than $70K, but some of the quoted assume their fellow employees who got raises "for nothing" will just slack off, and that shitty attitude seems to underscore a class division.

[mistermann]

I think they assume correctly. I know all sorts of people who are extremely well paid who spend at least 30% of their time just waltzing around the office and chatting with people. Some people are just entitled &/or clueless.

[namenotrequired]

There's a difference between well paid and overpaid.

[juliangregorian]

Seems like you have plenty of time to observe the habits of your fellows.

[mistermann]

I'm not sure what you mean?