Microsoft CEO's pay rises 63% to $79m, despite devastating year for layoffs
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Microsoft boss Satya Nadella will earn a wallet-busting $79.1m (£60.9m) this financial year, up 63 percent on his compe…

2024 has seen two mass layoffs at Microsoft, with 1900 staff laid off in January, before a further 650 Xbox employees were shown the door in September.

Regardless, Microsoft’s shares are up and the company’s market value is now higher than $3tn, as it works to capitalise on the rise of AI.

    • @scarabicEnglish
      3•27 days ago

      Well his compensation is tied to the stock price so it’s not exactly a “raise.” My employer’s stock is near an all time high right now so I’m not complaining about how much I made from the shares I sold, but neither do I consider it a “raise” because it’s not guaranteed to be the same next year.

      • @ChickenLadyLovesLifeEnglish
        10•27 days ago

        At my last company, they usually gave end-of-the-year bonuses instead of raises. They were pretty generous, usually amounting to about half of our annual salaries, but it of course prevented us from being guaranteed that level of compensation the following year. That’s why I always describe bonuses as raises followed by pay cuts.

        • @scarabicEnglish
          4•27 days ago

          Yeah pretty much. Everything about it is a hedge. They can pay less if their numbers tell them to. They can lay you off and not give you anything. They can make more cash disappear if they have to. It’s the squirrelliest shit yet they cast it like a gift from god.

        • @[email protected]English
          32•27 days ago

          I’m self employed.

          Found out I’m depressed, decided to reduce work to 3 days a week.

          Raised prices to reduce clients. Turns out I now make more, doing less work. It is what it is.

          • @ChickenLadyLovesLifeEnglish
            15•27 days ago

            I once quit my job at a software company I really hated. They were desperate to keep me around for the projects I was leading so they asked if I would work hourly for a while. I quoted them a go-fuck-yourselves hourly rate which they immediately agreed to, which made me even more angry about my prior years of poor compensation. I worked under this agreement for about half a year and further improved my effective hourly rate by not working very hard.

          • @bbuezEnglish
            6•27 days ago

            Dont mean to pry, but I’ll gladly do whatever you’re doing