We live under corporate feudalism

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    7 months ago

    Public filings also showed that Huffman and Reddit’s chief operating officer, Jennifer Wong, were paid $286 million in 2023, including stock and option awards (the value accrues over several years, and the current cash value is substantially lower).

    Over a FOURTH of the company’s yearly revenue is going to TWO people?

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      7 months ago

      The article states that part of the compensation was stock and stock options. Likely incentive programs from previous years that finally paid off.

      edit: looks like spez got 600k salary, and the rest of the compensation is solely based on the stock’s performance.