Employee Pay Debate

The cluster centers on sarcastic and critical discussions about whether companies fairly compensate employees relative to the value they produce, with arguments around salaries, profit motivations, and labor market dynamics.

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bloombergquint.com AFAIK US CEO pay employees salaries workers company wages paid salary pay lot getting paid

Sample Comments

austhrow743 Jun 14, 2021 View on HN

Presumably they pay their employees.

draw_down Nov 7, 2015 View on HN

It's weird to even think that because you pay a lot for something, the employees must be well-off.

doug_durham Nov 17, 2024 View on HN

Sad that people have to pay their employees?

pmoriarty Mar 15, 2023 View on HN

Their motivation to make money is to pay their employees?

ThomPete Apr 5, 2020 View on HN

their employees are paying plenty though.

niek_pas Feb 3, 2021 View on HN

How about "underpay relative to the value they produce"?

CamperBob2 Oct 16, 2018 View on HN

Then why am I paying their salaries?

louhike Oct 28, 2015 View on HN

Shouldn't their salaries be enough as a compensation?

charlieyu1 Jun 10, 2024 View on HN

The pay that workers earn suggest otherwise

Harmful or not, they pay a lot of salaries.