Apple CEO Tim Cook’s total pay drops to $63 million for 2023.::Apple today published its annual proxy statement for investors, revealing a number of details about executive compensation, shareholder proposals, and more. Notably,…

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    10 months ago

    If you figure each engineer costs apple $250,000 a year, that’s the equivalent of 250 engineers. Could you imagine what apple could accomplish with 5 extra engineering departments? In what world is this one guy worth that much?

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      If we use our own criteria to evaluate Apple’s success (and wage distribution), then it makes no sense from its very beginning. Just like with any company. EDIT: not started by us

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      I’m pretty sure that you could use one of those departments to fully automate management. Just go full data-driven and tie salaries to revenue. The engineers can take it from there, they’re plenty smart

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      An engineer costs a lot more than that if they have health and life insurance and any other benefits through the company. Disclaimer - I don’t know if Apple employees have benefits.

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        Like, 10% more. Don’t think that really changes the comparison.

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          250k is probably below the average pay for an Apple engineer, not to mention other costs and benefits. ICT3 numbers (just above entry level SDE) are 230k and ICT4 are 340k. 500k isn’t that difficult at the more competitive software companies located in tier 1 and 2 markets. But yes, CEOs and E levels make far too much for their impact.

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      In what world is this one guy worth that much?

      Are you serious? He’s worth way more than 63m, he’s the best CEO of any company in recent memory. The growth of Apple under Tim Cook will be studied for a long time.

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    Poor bastard. It’s going to be a challenge living on an eight digit salary, making more in half a day than I do in a year…

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      a year? i don’t make that much in 10!

      i could live a whole long life with what this guy makes in a week.

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          I tend to exaggerate, but my actual income is just under €12,000 a year. Adult german but can’t work full time for health reasons. But even with a average income here you would rarely go over 25.000€, which is still a joke in comparison what this guy makes.

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              Here’s the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:

              This is the map and list of European countries by monthly average wage (annual divided by 12 months) gross and net income (after taxes) average wages for full-time employees in their local currency and in euros. The chart below reflects the average (mean) wage as reported by various data providers. The salary distribution is right-skewed, therefore more than 50% of people earn less than the average gross salary. Thus, the median figures provided further below might be more representative than averages. These figures will shrink after income tax is applied. In certain countries, actual incomes may exceed those listed in the table due to the existence of grey economies. In some countries, social security, contributions for pensions, public schools, and health are included in these taxes.

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      10 months ago

      You could buy an Apple branded polishing cloth. Pretty much the same as a donation.

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        10 months ago

        I would but I’m afraid my android phone is not on the list of compatible devices 😞

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    10 months ago

    I bet he still tastes great with some BBQ sauce on. Eat that fat cunt.

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      10 months ago

      Would it even be cannibalism? I’m pretty sure all the billionaires are some form of reptiles.

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    10 months ago

    Oh no, how will he live? He better pull himself up by the bootstraps and stop eating avocado toast.

    Eat the rich!

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    10 months ago

    On no, poor man, how he can survive on this small Salaray which is more money than all of us in the comments will collectively see in our life in this miserably dystopia.

    My cold dead heart goes out to the reptile.

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    10 months ago

    Pffft, look at this loser over here, only making $63 million. Maybe he’ll have to start cutting back on the avocado toast to make ends meet now.

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    10 months ago

    That’s why we don’t see him wearing a vision pro. The poor guy can’t afford it.