Had this exact conversation with someone last night. If we get this 5% in December then a new TA that starts at xx% instead of xx+5% (will be marketed as a xx+5% raise) only the xx% would be retro “because we already gave you 5%.”

Now, the only good about that is the xx% raise will be that percentage of a larger number because of the 5% already. BUUUT it’ll take a long time for that to catch up to retro.