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0 pointsb1122y ago0 comments

The rich benefit and the workers are left exploited.

Good grief.

The highest paid workers on the planet, work for google. You should spread this communist blather at the proper place, coffee shops where workers aren't paid a living wage.

Not people able to retire wealthy, is they invest their salary coreectly.

Talk about entitlement.

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manicennui2y ago

They are still paid a tiny fraction of the value they generate while a handful of people receive most of the value generated.

I don't think anyone here is advocating for cutting Pichai's pay to $500k or something, but nearly a quarter of a billion dollars? JFC

chrischen2y ago

I don’t see any reason to suggest that the CEO’s pay here is some failing of the market. Google’s owners felt it was appropriate to pay the CEO that amount, and it doesn’t really affect the pay or well being of Google’s other employees, who are/were some of the highest paid already.

runarberg2y ago

From a class perspective, it doesn’t matter. At the end of the day, they are all equally guilty of exploitation. Board of directors agree pay their CEOs excessive salary, and the CEO in turns keeps this money away from the workers and away from the customers. Stock prices remain high, bank accounts in Panama fill up, workers gets fired, bosses get rich.

For me “Market rate” is just something the owning class tells us to gaslight us into accepting our exploitation. They created this market, they control this market, and exploiters go on exploiting.

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AlbertCory2y ago

Hello, the 19th Century is calling and they want their economics back.

They "generate" the value by putting software on multi-billion dollar server farms, while sitting in buildings on top of billions worth of real estate. Did they pay for those and keep them running?

ikiris2y ago

This is why this country sucks, no one wants people to be paid adequately if it's more than they make. Talk about crab bucket mentality.

Dylan168072y ago

You can have a standard for maximum fair wage without it being some kind of personal irrational gripe.

ikiris2y ago

Those wages are what middle class is due to inflation.

Stop wanting everyone to be as poor as you god damn. I want employees to make as much as they can, not all the wealth concentrate in a capital class. WTF is wrong with people?

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hgsgm2y ago

Google runs coffeeshops with low paid workers.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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manicennui2y ago

They are still paid a tiny fraction of the value they generate while a handful of people receive most of the value generated.

I don't think anyone here is advocating for cutting Pichai's pay to $500k or something, but nearly a quarter of a billion dollars? JFC

chrischen2y ago

runarberg2y ago

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AlbertCory2y ago

Hello, the 19th Century is calling and they want their economics back.

They "generate" the value by putting software on multi-billion dollar server farms, while sitting in buildings on top of billions worth of real estate. Did they pay for those and keep them running?

ikiris2y ago

This is why this country sucks, no one wants people to be paid adequately if it's more than they make. Talk about crab bucket mentality.

Dylan168072y ago

You can have a standard for maximum fair wage without it being some kind of personal irrational gripe.

ikiris2y ago

Those wages are what middle class is due to inflation.

Stop wanting everyone to be as poor as you god damn. I want employees to make as much as they can, not all the wealth concentrate in a capital class. WTF is wrong with people?

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hgsgm2y ago

Google runs coffeeshops with low paid workers.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse