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[โ€“] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Those "20%" raises are spread over 4 years which averages to ~5%/year, barely keeping ahead of inflation. The media throwing that out without quantifying it is a blatant attempt by the corporate press to breed animosity towards the unions and paint them as greedy.

[โ€“] azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

I used to work at Electronic Arts for 13 years. Doesn't sound very different. Large public corporations will do anything to make profit, including layoffs.