AI bonuses, unfortunately, do not translate to job security for employees in other divisions.

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    I don’t think the board pays CEOs according to how many jobs they save. I don’t know where you got that idea.

    In fact I’m pretty sure that the more people they get rid of, the better paid they are.

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    $30.6m/2000 is $15.3k per employee laid off, basically a full time minimum wage job. Fucking unreal that you can justify one person getting a raise that could support 2000 people’s entire livelihood. Obviously, these Microsoft employees were not earning minimum wage, but its still outrageous.

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    When CEOs say they feel it when they need to do layoffs, I think they mean in their wallets.

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      they probably don’t feel anything when making any kind of purchase, it’s more like raw unfiltered greed

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    Providing nothing that isn’t covered by other areas of the business, while profiting off the misery of others?

    Guillotine.

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      15k to ruin someone’s livelihood? I’ll take 2000, please!

      Man what a great system.

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        We gotta give them a huge tax break too! That way it’ll trickle down straight into the CEO’s pocket!

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      So the company still gained, but with that money they could have cut 300 less employees and that would have been 300 people making 100k/year instead of one guy making 30.6m more…