this post was submitted on 05 May 2025
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[–] boboliosisjones@feddit.nu 100 points 1 month ago (5 children)
[–] crumbguzzler5000@feddit.org 21 points 1 month ago

Yeah, but their job is like reeeally hard!! They deserve it. /s

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

CEO is paid for from the for profit. The majority of costs are engineering salaries for Firefox.

[–] frozenspinach@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

Slightly more than 1% of their annual revenue.

[–] madis@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What difference would it make if CEO got a minimum wage if there is no stable income stream for the company regardless?

[–] Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because having a CEO earning 100x of an average employee disincentivizes looking for stable, consumer-friendly income streams.

Why would the leadership want that, the only way they can continue paying themselves that much money is by sucking big tech's tit.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 1 month ago

By the above link, it looks like only 69x