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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (8 children)

36% doesn't tell a clean story. How many dozens of percentage raise would workers get if that CEO's raise was evenly distributed?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Here's what I came up with.

Using Meredith Kopit-Levien's annual pay from the New York Times, at $10.2 million (as stated in the graph.) Then pluging in the 36% raise she was 'given' in 2024(?) and divide by 600 Times Tech Guild members. The following is what I got.

Base salary: $10.2 million 36% of $10.2 million = $10.2 million × 0.36 = $3.672 million $3.672 million ÷ 600 = $6,120 per person

Current average salary: $158,000 (using what was stated in the graph) Potential raise: $6,120 Percentage increase = ($6,120 ÷ $158,000) × 100 = 3.87%

So if the value of the 36% raise ($3.672 million) were distributed equally among the 600 guild members: Each member would receive a $6,120 raise This would represent approximately a 3.87% increase to their current average salary.

[–] Qwaffle_waffle 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I see this possibly as this scenario perhaps. boss went 3 for you, 3 for me, 3 for you, 3 for me, 3 for you, 3 for me...

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