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You think it’s acceptable for a company to capture two thirds of the value generated by a worker?
by femiagbabiaka 6y ago
You think it’s acceptable for a company to capture two thirds of the value generated by a worker?
- ALittleLight 6y agoWhat portion of the value that you produce does your employer capture?
- femiagbabiaka 6y agoI have no idea, that’s the exact point. If I found out, and it was 2/3rds, I’d be just as angry.
- owyn 6y agoFacebook also pays 1/3 so.... ? https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2019/07/facebook-makes-more-profit-per-employee-than-other.html?page=all https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2019/0...
- femiagbabiaka 6y agoAnd Zuck is a billionaire, you don't think that's messed up? The wealth distribution that lead from the success of the company consolidated itself overwhelmingly in the hands of maybe 4-5 people, despite tens of thousands contributing to the creation of that same success.
- ALittleLight 6y agoI'd work at Facebook if the salary (plus benefits, coworkers, and mission) appealed to me. My compensation wouldn't become unappealing just because other people made more.
- injb 6y agoAcceptable to whom?
- femiagbabiaka 6y agoGood point -- workers.
- injb 6y agoBut it's self-evident that it's acceptable to the workers: they're doing it. As the article explains, some workers left for better opportunities - so clearly it wasn't acceptable to them.