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sorbus
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Why I will never pursue cheating again
He doesn't lose money, he gets a smaller raise.
bendmorris
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Semantics. He didn't get money that he would have received otherwise. I think it's fair to say he lost money.
lyudmil
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Getting a raise less than the rate of inflation
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losing money. His purchasing power declined.
sorbus
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The article does not make the claim that his raise was lower than the rate of inflation. If it was, then yes, it was effectively losing money.
lyudmil
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From the article: "my yearly salary increase was the lowest ever, and significantly lower than inflation"
sorbus
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Well, I look like an idiot now. That's what I get for not going back to reread an article before making a claim about what it says, I suppose.
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