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You get offers for roles at 5x your pay. You tell your boss and she says "Fine I'll match it." (Assume for the sake of argument you are not lying. Further pl
by JackFr 3y ago
You get offers for roles at 5x your pay. You tell your boss and she says "Fine I'll match it." (Assume for the sake of argument you are not lying. Further please ignore the fact that your boss might be foolish to make that offer, that may be true but it's beside the point I'm making here.)
Now go home and tell your spouse and children that "I could earn a salary five times higher than what I am currently making, but I've chosen not to."
- toastercat 3y agoThis comparison is kind of moot when you are CEO, your main product has dwindling market share, and your company is laying off hundreds of employees while your salary continues to double every 3 years.
- JackFr 3y agoI think you miss my point. I try to earn a competitive salary, as I’m sure you do. Why shouldn’t she? You, she or I may be bad at our jobs. That makes our employers foolish - it doesn’t make you, she or me bad people for trying to make a lot of money.
- toastercat 3y ago> Why shouldn’t she? Maybe I'm still missing your point, but isn't the writing on the wall here? She's at the top of the hierarchy and her poor decisions negatively affect everyone at the company. Why shouldn't she? Because the company is already bleeding money and employees. When Nintendo saw a financial downturn between 2011 and 2014, their CEO voluntarily halved his salary for two years. Why should he do that? Maybe because it shows responsibility and expresses solidarity with the rest of his workers. EDIT: spelling