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Apple CEO Tim Cook's total pay drops to $63 million for 2023.::Apple today published its annual proxy statement for investors, revealing a number of details about executive compensation, shareholder proposals, and more. Notably,...

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[–] [email protected] 108 points 11 months ago (5 children)

If you figure each engineer costs apple $250,000 a year, that’s the equivalent of 250 engineers. Could you imagine what apple could accomplish with 5 extra engineering departments? In what world is this one guy worth that much?

[–] [email protected] 36 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If we use our own criteria to evaluate Apple's success (and wage distribution), then it makes no sense from its very beginning. Just like with any company. EDIT: not started by us

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I'm pretty sure that you could use one of those departments to fully automate management. Just go full data-driven and tie salaries to revenue. The engineers can take it from there, they're plenty smart