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Re:Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company... by mdorazio on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @11:33AM (#20686798)
I think you're looking at pay minus stock options. True median comp at Alphabet is closer to $250k [1], which if you have two workers in a household puts you in the 1%.

[1] https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/01/08/median-t...

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Re:Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company... by tropicalia on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @12:46PM (#20687537)
Not disputing that I may be horribly wrong -- but the same source puts Larry Page's (obviously symbolic) compensation at $1 (ignoring equity) - so I'm not sure what to make of it.
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