[lovedaddy]

Are companies legally obligated to give cost of living? Nope. 7% given the number of layoffs in the tech sector seems amazing in my view.

[happytoexplain]

I'm not defending the parent, since I don't think 7% is bad, but the conflation of legality and morality (or insert a less dramatic word for "things people are allowed to judge you on") is one of the most tired fallacies in all of discourse.