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First, there’s no mention of size of pay adjustment here. Second, sure, your point is valid, but in the context of this post, let’s not be ridiculous. This is a multiple-choice question, so sometimes you need to rank options and choose the best. No same person is more likely to stay at a company because of a ping-pong table in lieu of a better salary. Now if they’d said
that would be a different story. But as-is, it’s ridiculous.
I can see the office wide email now:
"To all employees, there is now a pingpong table in the break room for use during your lunch break. You may not be on the clock while using it. It is not to be used from the hours of 10AM to 3PM."
It says a pay raise, not new pay bracket. A 10% raise is substantial, and likely not enough to keep someone. The number one reason people leave a job is their direct supervisor.
To be absolutely clear a ping pong table won't make you stay with a job. A work place that's more relaxed and a boss that doesn't yell at you for taking 5? Maybe a workplace where you enjoy spending time with your coworkers? That'll do it. The idea is HR can to help nudge towards type of change It doesn't work and is stupid, but that's the thinking.
And there are times a small raise will keep an employee, there are times more responsibilities will keep an employee. This is a poor question in general.