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The Greater Boston Food Bank CEO cleared a $500K salary this year, for a job that's largely remote because the area is too dangerous for the non-profit white co

The Greater Boston Food Bank CEO cleared a $500K salary this year, for a job that's largely remote because the area is too dangerous for the non-profit white collar workers. Do you think she wants "food insecurity" to be solved? https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/42717782 https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/427...

whimsicalism 3y ago
this seems fine to me, managing the greater boston food bank sounds like it needs a good manager to better spend the other 99.8%
- jonhohle 3y ago
  That’s feeding 81k people a day. A huge job, for sure, but that’s the equivalent of a reasonably large town. Something has already gone wrong upstream if that many people cannot acquire food via their own means.
  - whimsicalism 3y ago
    > Something has already gone wrong upstream if that many people cannot acquire food via their own means. Out of a metro area of millions? I don't understand your logic at all.
muglug 3y ago
That CEO runs an organisation that delivered food for 90 million meals to residents of the greater Boston area last year (according to them). That salary is on par with a senior engineer at a big tech company who, one might reasonably argue, does not contribute a similar good to the world.
- nonethewiser 3y ago
  Its not even close. She deserves every penny.
- EarlBlack 3y ago
  You've compared 2 positions that command a high salary. The average American only made 60K in 2022. You could argue that the CEO faces a higher cost of living, but to the average voter, this salary is obscene.
  - rocket_surgeron 3y ago
    >The average American only made 60K in 2022 So what? >but to the average voter, this salary is obscene. The average voter is an 80-year-old pearl-clutching moron who would rather see the homeless dead. edit: sorry, 58-year-old.
  - muglug 3y ago
    > The average American only made 60K in 2022 The average American does not run an organisation that delivered food for 90 million meals to residents of the greater Boston area last year. > to the average voter, this salary is obscene Any salary above minimum wage will seem obscene to the average voter if they're already inclined to dislike the person making the salary. But if you told them what that salary entails, and what Fortune 500 companies pay execs with similar responsibilities, they probably wouldn't think it so crazy.
raincom 3y ago
There are two ways to look at: (a) pay them more, and get the best results and less corruption (b) pay them less, and get the worst results with more corruption. In the states, politicians get paid, but they make through 'corruption' through revolving door, sinecure jobs for friends and family members, campaign contributions. In Singapore, politicians are paid better than the private sector, thereby reducing the corruption.
nonethewiser 3y ago
That doesnt seem wrong at all

whimsicalism 3y ago

this seems fine to me, managing the greater boston food bank sounds like it needs a good manager to better spend the other 99.8%

jonhohle 3y ago
That’s feeding 81k people a day. A huge job, for sure, but that’s the equivalent of a reasonably large town. Something has already gone wrong upstream if that many people cannot acquire food via their own means.
- whimsicalism 3y ago
  > Something has already gone wrong upstream if that many people cannot acquire food via their own means. Out of a metro area of millions? I don't understand your logic at all.

muglug 3y ago

That CEO runs an organisation that delivered food for 90 million meals to residents of the greater Boston area last year (according to them). That salary is on par with a senior engineer at a big tech company who, one might reasonably argue, does not contribute a similar good to the world.

nonethewiser 3y ago
Its not even close. She deserves every penny.
EarlBlack 3y ago
You've compared 2 positions that command a high salary. The average American only made 60K in 2022. You could argue that the CEO faces a higher cost of living, but to the average voter, this salary is obscene.
- rocket_surgeron 3y ago
  >The average American only made 60K in 2022 So what? >but to the average voter, this salary is obscene. The average voter is an 80-year-old pearl-clutching moron who would rather see the homeless dead. edit: sorry, 58-year-old.
- muglug 3y ago
  > The average American only made 60K in 2022 The average American does not run an organisation that delivered food for 90 million meals to residents of the greater Boston area last year. > to the average voter, this salary is obscene Any salary above minimum wage will seem obscene to the average voter if they're already inclined to dislike the person making the salary. But if you told them what that salary entails, and what Fortune 500 companies pay execs with similar responsibilities, they probably wouldn't think it so crazy.

raincom 3y ago

There are two ways to look at: (a) pay them more, and get the best results and less corruption (b) pay them less, and get the worst results with more corruption. In the states, politicians get paid, but they make through 'corruption' through revolving door, sinecure jobs for friends and family members, campaign contributions. In Singapore, politicians are paid better than the private sector, thereby reducing the corruption.

nonethewiser 3y ago

That doesnt seem wrong at all