Then Meta won’t be a billion $ company
Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Why not simply increase basic pay? The younglings no longer want these “”“”“”“”“”“”““perks””“”“”“”“”“”" because they know it comes with many caveats.
yoz@aussie.zone 1 year ago
nieceandtows@programming.dev 1 year ago
Interesting how there is no middle ground between $8 an hour and $10000 an hour. What do you think of $20 an hour? That is still 500 times less than a ceo pay so the ceo doesn’t need to clean toilets any time soon.
yoz@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I understand where youre coming from but in real world that’s not how it works. Look around , ask around.
wagoner@infosec.pub 1 year ago
I don’t hear people arguing for everyone to be paid the top salary of the CEO. Maybe let’s start with, I dunno, 20 dollars an hour minimum.
IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 1 year ago
No. $25 minimum. And a tax rate under 10%.
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Kinda reminds me of a guy I used to hang out with. He had found out that the US shreds old currency, and was utterly appalled. “They could just give that to people!”
“OK, Mike, the government could easily give every American $1,000,000, tomorrow. You want that?”
“Hell ya!”
“OK, you know I mow lawns for a living, $30 a pop? (early 90s!)”
“Yeah.”
“Now pretend you have a lawn you want mowed. Fuck I want $30 for? I have a million! I’m going to need $10,000 to even think about it.”
The whole idea baffled him, never got it.
But yeah, where we’re at now is fucked up. I get that CEO pay is determined by the market. I get that dropping CEO pay won’t make a dent in line worker pay. But still, the wealth disparity is heinous.
And the worse it gets, the more influence the rich can buy and the less the rest of us have.
IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 1 year ago
CEO pay is absolutely NOT determined by “the market”.
archomrade@midwest.social 1 year ago
On the flip side, this is a great way to illustrate the coercive nature of capitalism. Most jobs wouldn’t exist if mindless productivity wasn’t a prerequisite to feed your family
blueeggsandyam@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They can’t. Workers at Meta were paid well and then they got to work from home. There isn’t any amount of money that will make those workers want to give up their new work life balance. Perks is the only option.
Google had it right back in the day. Free shuttle rides to work. Onsite massages, dry cleaning, free cafeterias, etc. if you make it so people don’t have to do those things when they get home, they will work longer. It still doesn’t compare to wfh but it was close.
Steeve@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
They have increased the pay, that’s how they attract talent. I know some people from school who went on to work FAANG jobs and they make 3x the median where we’re all from. Sure we all deserve more money, but it’s not like it isn’t a desirable place to work for most people in the industry.