@vt they claim to be generating about $700m in free cash every year. Which they put in the bank and sit on. There's about 2bn there.
There's 111,000 employees.
Work out how much $1000 rise for everyone costs per year.
$1000 isn't cost of living rises though is it.
Try 7% of $4.5bn (approximately the payroll by my guess) and then compound that over say 5 years. Add increased benefits on top, which are normally expressed as a percentage of base salary.
See if you can work out how long before the company runs out of money.
I'm absolutely no cheerleader for these bandits but the hard maths shows there's zero chance of cost of living rises any time soon.
Something would at least be a nod though. Perhaps a couple of grand as a bonus (not cumulative, not attracting benefit costs on top). It's not great but at least it would be money we could all use...
Fat chance though.
No, sadly this isn't anywhere you are going to see rises or promotions.