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.

    • @NOT_RICKEnglish
      2•9 hours ago

      Gotcha, sounds like we’re measuring two different things then

      • @[email protected]English
        4•8 hours ago

        Yeah. He was already making 49, I was looking at how much of the redistribution went to him, not much, but I imagine it’ll go to stock buybacks or AI electricity

        • @NOT_RICKEnglish
          2•8 hours ago

          Yeah maybe to their three mile island project. What a weird sentence. Just a few years off from our Weyland Yutani future