Who is "we" in your comment?

Maybe OP is a shareholder. Most people probably own some google stock via ETFs even if they didn't explicitly buy the stock.

Probably he means the collective that has installed themselves to be the vocal judges of all things humanity - mostly for their own benefit.

We the guys discussing whether he has or hasn't done something worth hundreds of millions, you don't have to be so word picky.

I'm not picky, I asked an honest question.

I'd argue that most human beings never do anything worth even a million dollars, let alone hundreds of millions, especially execs.

> we should be able to demand a bit more

Are you a major shareholder?

No, just a minor one.

There is no "we". Google's purpose is not to advance peoplekind.

The shareholders decide on the compensation of the CEO, that's literally it.

And yet here we are, on the front-page of HN discussing exactly this.

These responses asking who "we" are feels like (bad) attempts at justifying the hilariously inefficient salary, as if "it's none of your business" is the best counterargument to why they should be paid so much but provide so little.

Also, I and I'm sure many others here are shareholders, if that matters.