It is true that the idiomatic lexicon makes the world go 'round. An idiomatic lexicon can be isolated to small populations of people.  Without idioms, language flavor is almost non-existent.  However.....

Within the Zoho suite, formal language ought to be the norm, rather than idioms. A case in point is the use of the phrase "salary  hike."  There are two problems with this phrase.

1.  The first definition of "hike" is "to travel. A salary "hike" is a common idiom and is more helpfully rendered as an "increase." However, this phrase points to the second problem.

2. The second problem is that sometimes a salary decrease is a correct choice. Therefore, in the English language,

this text label ought to be "Salary Change." In the two companies in which I functioned as the "HR guy", we chose to talk about "Salary Change." Sometimes a salary did decrease. Sometimes a salary increased.