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Re:CEOs’ pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alph... by HDThoreaun on Saturday August 05, 2023 @07:36PM (#37017320)
I disagree. Yes we should think about option grants differently, but not that differently. At the end of the day I don't think anyone would say Sundar has been that much better than his replacement level CEO. Certainly not better enough to deserve 225 million in equity. The stock is up 10% this year, still below 2021 levels.
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Re:CEOs’ pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alph... by bradleyjg on Saturday August 05, 2023 @07:56PM (#37017471)
Do you think he “actually” earned less than one million in 2021? Because that’s what accepting this framing means.

Did his pay actually increase? We don’t know.

Maybe I’m an odd duck, but I expect journalists to journalist.

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Re:CEOs’ pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alph... by ztrww on Monday August 07, 2023 @07:11AM (#37032903)
Depends how you measure “earning”. If we look at Google’s stock price and growth in relation to its competitors he possibly cost significantly more money to the company than he was paid.
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Re:CEOs’ pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alph... by anurag6892 on Saturday August 05, 2023 @08:39PM (#37017740)
why should he be better than replacement level CEO? why can't we assume 225 million is what an average CEO running a Google sized company deserves? Like how we accept 300-500K is what an average Google SWE deserves?
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