I froze the salaries of my executive team to benefit other workers

Re:I froze the salaries of my executive team to benefit othe... by c0vfefe on Thursday May 16, 2019 @10:38AM (#19929432)

What you're saying makes rational sense, but people's egos are not rational. It's the principle of the thing: why tolerate a pay cut when there's a long line of companies in the valley itching for your skills?

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Re:I froze the salaries of my executive team to benefit othe... by thelock85 on Thursday May 16, 2019 @01:22PM (#19930920)

At least for Google, IMO I don’t think it would generate long term consequences if engineers with this mindset who also aren’t in love with their work left the company.

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Re:I froze the salaries of my executive team to benefit othe... by asdff on Thursday May 16, 2019 @01:10PM (#19930805)

Let the sociopaths leave then, they aren't emotionally valuable for a company. Plenty of people in the world outside of engineering take large pay cuts to work on something they believe in vs. taking a job that gives them the most wealth.

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Re:I froze the salaries of my executive team to benefit othe... by c0vfefe on Thursday May 16, 2019 @01:22PM (#19930918)

Being offended by a pay cut doesn't make you a sociopath, just makes you selfish. And "emotional value" is much less relevant to a company than engineering value.

I know lots of people focus on less profit-driven motives for their career, but I bet even more do not, especially at places like Google.

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