>I'm wondering why people focus on financial compensation so much? Why does how much someone was paid justify more or less bashing, as the case might be? It's

>I'm wondering why people focus on financial compensation so much? Why does how much someone was paid justify more or less bashing, as the case might be? It's simply the issue of gratuitous executive pay. If her pay hadn't been >>100x what a typical SV worker makes I think she'd get significantly less flak. The idea of someone being granted enough money so their great-grandchildren never have to work a day when that person did a poor job after only 4 years on the job just makes people sick. Don't forget some bad stuff happened on Mayer's watch; like 1B user accounts being compromised.