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Re:CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? by overfeed on Sunday December 28, 2025 @07:30PM (#46416022)
> With that handled, all that's left is the cartel that CEOs have invented to justify their exhorbant pay packages.

CEO compensation is determined by board committees often made up of other CxOs. They write letters to each other's shareholders about how valuable CEOs are to build up the edifice.

I wish my compensation were determined by fellow engineers who "truly know my worth". I'd pay it forward if I were on a committee determining colleague's pay packets.

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Re:CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? by pan69 on Sunday December 28, 2025 @07:44PM (#46416104)
Works kinda like "industry awards" where a bunch of companies give awards to each other.
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Re:CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? by HaZeust on Monday December 29, 2025 @12:16AM (#46417701)
Well, be the change you want to see. CEOs know that part of the justification of their existence relies on solidarity between each other - and that they can collectively bargain with institutions to remind of that justification.
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