Its official, I don't know if this means the economy is improving or what but today I found out we had just had our first defection.
We lost one of our Engineers. I knew he wasn't real happy and we haven't had raises in a while. Someone made him a offer and he tells me it amounted to about a 15% pay increase so he took it.
I didn't hear if Management tried to match offers, I know my boss isn't too pleased, but hey if he was that important, maybe you should evaluate his pay before he gets disgruntled and leaves, but most business people don't look at it that way.