Golden parachutes: Record severance payments at Wikimedia Foundation

Re:Golden parachutes: Record severance payments at Wikimedia... by grumple on Monday May 22, 2023 @07:51PM (#36038177)

If a company is making 1 million per employee, why shouldn't the employee get a substantial part of that? I was personally responsible for easily 2 million / year in income at my previous job (and possibly just as much or more at my current job).

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Re:Golden parachutes: Record severance payments at Wikimedia... by fatherzine on Monday May 22, 2023 @07:58PM (#36038236)

I have a hard time tracking income of a software product to specific employee contribution, unless it's a solo enterprise, which is rare and fraught with its own issues. Who's responsible for a piece of income? The original software author? The maintenance SWE? The SRE? The PM that identified the market opportunity? The exec that signed off the funds for the whole thing?

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Re:Golden parachutes: Record severance payments at Wikimedia... by nly on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @03:11AM (#36040935)

I'm working a project solo for my employer that is worth $2-3M/mo.

I make like 0.5% of that before tax.

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