Corporate PR offices are hard at work, having demanded this exorbitant tax cut from Republicans. Watch for lots of Christmas bonuses and charitable donations (which of course they're doing before the bill guts the charitable deduction) and missives to reporters about the above.
Before you believe the bonuses and "pay hikes" are anything other than PR, do what @kurteichenwald is doing: look at the current average pay at these companies. Then check out the CEO and senior management's pay -- trust me their tax cut will DWARF whatever the little guys get.
This is corporate America trying to convince you that their naked greed is charity; that their gluttony is kindness, and that they didn't demand this $1.5 trillion wealth transfer that you, sick kids and seniors are footing the bill for.
Journalists who help corporate PR offices push this line should at least report on the current salary averages and CEO pay, and investigate whether anything new really is happening ie "investments." Skepticism is your friend.
These corporations are doing the equivalent of tossing paper towels at Hurricane Maria victims. Their tossing dollar bills at a selection of their workers for PR purposes and flinging a few pennies at charities while bathing in millions.
