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+1. We froze all hiring during the initial lockdowns, while continuing to advertise our positions. Now we're hiring again but, in aggregate, all of the good engineers who were made redundant have already been hired and those that remain are the bad ones.

During the pandemic it was almost impossible to find qualified engineers.

Because everyone is clinging to their jobs in times of uncertainty.

Should be good for wages then.

Unfortunately my company already did our yearly compensation adjustment. 2%, of course.

Sounds like my employer, and I’ve been on-site for 1 year. Their excuse for 2% raises was that the economy was bad, despite record earnings and productivity during the pandemic. Now that inflation is 5%, I’m gone with another 2% raise.

Found the Amazonian

Google's yearly raises are generally the same as Amazon I've learned, for what it's worth. The difference is the bonus and refreshers, and the fact that there are more evaluation periods with more achievement buckets.