well you are. and see, here is whats happening in my company. we are professional services. i know that cost of doing business has increased by 25-30%, true inflation over the last 2 years is at least 30% but i cant afford to give all the employees 30% raises because my fees have not been able to increase by 30%..... 5-8% at most, depending on the contracts i have.
so it hurts the company big time as our pure operating cost (electricity, resources, rent, gas, vehicles) have easily risen by 30%, and even i give all the employees a 10% raise, well below inflation, the company goes backwards in terms of profitability and the employees real wage is less because inflation wipes out their raises.
its madness and i dont know how to fix it. Inflation decimates the middle class.