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Re:Wikimedia Foundation refuses union recognition, hires uni... by ethbr1 on Sunday August 02, 2026 @10:03AM (#49144823)
What's up with the continually revolving CTO chair? (under Executive)
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Re:Wikimedia Foundation refuses union recognition, hires uni... by alephnerd on Sunday August 02, 2026 @12:03PM (#49145755)
Look at their salaries. Most are earning significantly less than what they would have earned in the private sector for the same role in a significantly more stressful job.

Compensation only started catching up in 2021-22.

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Re:Wikimedia Foundation refuses union recognition, hires uni... by ethbr1 on Sunday August 02, 2026 @05:43PM (#49148665)
Salary aside, I'd still have assumed Wikimedia would be able to find a CTO who wouldn't jump ship the next year.

Either they're really bad at picking, or the job is really bad.

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Re:Wikimedia Foundation refuses union recognition, hires uni... by alephnerd on Sunday August 02, 2026 @06:20PM (#49149016)
> Either they're really bad at picking, or the job is really bad

Def the latter in the sense that it is a very high stress job with weak compensation and high risk of being targeted.

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