When this scheme came to light, google ended up giving their employees a 10% across the board raise.  Further, google is often used as a compensation benchmark.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;SB10001424052748703523604575605273596157634" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;SB100014240527487035236045756052...</a><p><pre><code>   Nov 10 2010
   
   Moving to plug the defection of staff to competitors, Google Inc. is giving 
   a 10% raise to all of its 23,000 employees, according to people familiar 
   with the matter.</code></pre>