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Re:Facebook is giving $1k to every employee by pmiller2 on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @12:49PM (#22606911)
Not every FB employee is a highly paid software engineer who has savings to weather a multi-month public health crisis.
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Re:Facebook is giving $1k to every employee by buboard on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @12:50PM (#22606925)
then not everyone should get it
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Re:Facebook is giving $1k to every employee by pmiller2 on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @12:54PM (#22606988)
That’s certainly a valid opinion. Nonetheless, giving the bonus to everyone does no harm, looks better in terms of PR, doesn’t foster an “us and them” mentality, and is probably easier to administer than just giving it to select employees. The difference on the bottom line is a rounding error.
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Re:Facebook is giving $1k to every employee by CydeWeys on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @04:15PM (#22609820)
Why is it bothering you so much that other people are getting a thousand dollar bonus? I'm happy for them, and I'd love for it to happen to me too.

Facebook is not short of money. I'm glad they're doing something extra for their employees in these times.

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Re:Facebook is giving $1k to every employee by tiles on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @01:00PM (#22607075)
Means testing is a strategy but not really expected of a private corporation, e.g. you're just asking the company to do more work to accomplish less.
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Re:Facebook is giving $1k to every employee by josefresco on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:31PM (#22608372)
Based on public data, I'd say most are. https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Facebook-Salaries-E40772.ht...
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