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Re:CEOs’ pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alph... by mkarrmann on Saturday August 05, 2023 @08:39PM (#37017743)
Why's it so hard to believe that a worse CEO for one year would result in a 0.01% lower market cap? Given that framing, 200m is a very drastic under estimation.
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Re:CEOs’ pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alph... by empyrrhicist on Saturday August 05, 2023 @09:16PM (#37017984)
It's not hard to believe. What's hard to believe is that you couldn't possibly find a better CEO for a much more modest compensation package.
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Re:CEOs’ pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alph... by mkarrmann on Saturday August 05, 2023 @09:51PM (#37018196)
I share that intuition, although I don't see any reason to trust the intuition of an outside (either myself or presumably yourself) making 2 second back-of-envelope calculations of that of the Alphabet board.
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Re:CEOs’ pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alph... by empyrrhicist on Sunday August 06, 2023 @07:28AM (#37020880)
Outrageous claims require commensurate evidence. Human factors easily explain why these hierarchical social structures produce wealth concentration.
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Re:CEOs’ pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alph... by mkarrmann on Sunday August 06, 2023 @10:02AM (#37022014)
That's a good point.
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