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The article notes the increase in pay and states > Mitchell Baker, Mozilla's top executive, was paid $2.4m in 2018 but doesn't offer any consideration or spec
by ckastner 6y ago
The article notes the increase in pay and states
> Mitchell Baker, Mozilla's top executive, was paid $2.4m in 2018
but doesn't offer any consideration or speculation as to why this is exaggerated. It's entirely possible that without that particular exec, Firefox would have been even worse off, or would have taken another direction with regards to privacy, etc.
My subjective feeling is that $2.4m does indeed seem too high for such a position. But I have no objective data to support or refute this. It's quite possible that the same person managing a comparable employee base at a FAANG would earn even more.
- mtgx 6y agoOr maybe they shouldn't have let Brendan Eich go in the first place, who seems to be doing quite well with Brave right now. Maybe a good CEO isn't defined just by the salary he or she receives?
- drenvuk 6y agoWhy was your comment flagged? @dang I honestly would request that you look into who is voting down reasonable comments in this thread. They do not deserve voting rights.
- kbenson 6y agoI was under the impression he was let go not because of performance, but because of controversy and lack of confidence and/or respect from a significant and growing portion of staff. At least that's how I remember it being presented.
- goto11 6y agoThe Brave market share is completely minuscule compared to Firefox. If success is measured by market share, it is a failure.
- lightgreen 6y agoBrave continuously grows and it grows rapidly. This is success. It’s not possible to get from 0 users to 20% market share overnight. Brave is doing great.
- bobmaxup 6y agoEich didn't lead Mozilla in its prime of browser market share, yet he is often brought up as if it were so.
- drak0n1c 6y agoHe was CTO during that entire period, there are product leadership responsibilities associated with that position.
- bmarquez 6y agoThe article compares it to UK based NGO's that don't pay over $1.3m USD. What about US based NGO's? I don't know where to find this data. Lastly, a FAANG may or may not pay more, but they're certainly in a much better financial position than Mozilla to pay a high salary.
- pkphilip 6y agoHere is some data from 2019. Some of these salaries are eye watering: https://www.causeiq.com/insights/highest-paid-nonprofit-ceos/ https://www.causeiq.com/insights/highest-paid-nonprofit-ceos...
- yread 6y agoThat's insane: > James Skogsbergh, Advocate Aurora Health Title:Chief Executive Officer , Director Amount:$8,511,609 % Revenue:14.9% Revenue:$56,950,972 ~1/7 of the revenue of charity goes to CEO's pay? Is that even legal?
- jsnk 6y agoEmployees are judged routinely (quarterly, bi-annual, annually) all the time with high confidence, WITHOUT such "objective" data you are referring to. It seems like OP is simply applying the same measuring stick every other average employees are measured on.
- raxxorrax 6y agoCEO pay is much too high independent on the industry. It would be justified if personal responsibility was on the line, but it isn't anymore. CEOs are just employees by now. Granted, you have to deal with pressure, but today CEO can just switch companies like underwear. They press KPI on every employee but are themselves nearly exempt from any quantifiable metric aside from turnover. But in general CEO pay is rising with falling results and falling pay for everyone else.