India, April 13 -- An Amazon employee has sparked a discussion online after highlighting the growing gap between salary hikes and rising living expenses. In a post shared on the workplace forum Blind, the single mother of two shared that while she received a double-digit increment, she had expected more given her workload.

"I ended up with a 10% base increase but I was kind of counting on more," she wrote, adding that she is currently supporting two sons along with her ailing mother. "Daycare costs just went up again this year and i've been trying to put more aside for emergencies," she said.

The employee further said that she had "worked my ass off this year" but was unable to spend enough time with her family, making the modest outcom...