If you are talking about the ``big 3 or 4`` boys I have no answer to your question, however the rest of the company, 14-15 engineers I don`t believe earn enough money to jump in heavily. Perhaps they are, as RP Speak stated, buying on the open market as a few dollars are freed up.

One thing I think I do know is all these ``grunts`` are staying put. We haven`t been told of significant if any changes in the work force. If the salary is normal for what they are doing then they are sticking around for something... That type of thing, from those on the inside in the know, is extremely significant to me.

A solid steady workforce says something about a company...