> You're right about fungibles at each level though. But this article is about top people right? Meta's entire philosophy is based around the fungibility of th

> You're right about fungibles at each level though. But this article is about top people right? Meta's entire philosophy is based around the fungibility of their workforce, including their top folks. An E6 is top ~7-10% of most companies, an E7 is top 3%-ish. Within those ranks they're all fungible. Now if you're talking E8 or E9 then maybe, but those folks are like, 10 out of 30,000. I strongly suspect Apple was giving the $180K/4y to the fungible E6/E7s not the non-fungible E8/E9s - those folks are already well compensated. I do agree with peer comment @wikibob. Those almost certainly went to comp committee. Zucc runs a trillion dollar company, he's got more important things to deal with than a $3M offer - 0.0003% of the company. VP approval is far more likely. Even in 2017.