this post was submitted on 05 May 2025
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[–] [email protected] 98 points 1 month ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Yeah, but their job is like reeeally hard!! They deserve it. /s

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

CEO is paid for from the for profit. The majority of costs are engineering salaries for Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Slightly more than 1% of their annual revenue.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What difference would it make if CEO got a minimum wage if there is no stable income stream for the company regardless?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because having a CEO earning 100x of an average employee disincentivizes looking for stable, consumer-friendly income streams.

Why would the leadership want that, the only way they can continue paying themselves that much money is by sucking big tech's tit.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

By the above link, it looks like only 69x