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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 hour ago

Keep axing and I bet the situation will improve for everyone.

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 14 points 10 hours ago
[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 38 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Target’s CEO pay ratio now stands at 753 to 1, with median employee pay at $27,090.

I found the problem!

[–] Zink@programming.dev 20 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

So every single day this guy makes TWO YEARS of wages for his median worker. Every year on the job, he makes over a DOZEN LIFETIMES of wages for the median worker at his company.

Seeing the hundreds-to-one ratio shows that there's a big difference, sure, but mapping that to the time comparison really puts it into perspective. Kind of like how a million seconds is 11 days and a billion seconds is 31 god damned years.

It's never going to be a surprise that the head of a company gets paid more than the other employees, but let's not pretend that their ridiculous compensation is "what I earned" versus "what I could get away with."

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

But someone will tell me that Us v. Rich people isn't the only battle that matters. Literally everything gets easier to face if we just eliminate the battle we have with rich people.

[–] PolarKraken@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Yeesh, you're exactly right that this is the right way to think about it and thank you for pointing it out that way. Absolutely disgusting, I can't believe we all allow this. I'm pretty fuckin good at math and those timescales and numbers are just not intuitive, I'm always surprised with figures like these, even though I've seen em before. If people knew, really knew this stuff, I have to believe it would change.

Anyone "earning" like this while the people (and their families) propping up these fiefdoms sacrifice and struggle the way they're forced to - anyone doing so is de facto amoral. I'd go so far as to say deserving immediate death, no further evidence needed.

But maybe that's the 4 beers my old ass had tonight making me feel spicy, lol.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 19 points 11 hours ago

I saw CEO and chopped in one sentence and I thought the guillotines have finally come out. It's a good start, I guess.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 13 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

What do you call fifty multi-millionaire CEOs at the bottom of the ocean?

[–] BobbyGasoline@lemmy.world 17 points 12 hours ago

A good start.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 hours ago
[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 9 points 12 hours ago
[–] xav@programming.dev 1 points 7 hours ago
[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 9 points 12 hours ago

A success story.

[–] sturger@sh.itjust.works 38 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Oh no! His salary was slashed 50% to only $9M?!?!? How does the poor dear survive?

Most of us survive on less than 1% of that. Yay! We're One Percenters!

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 6 points 15 hours ago

Target’s CEO pay ratio now stands at 753 to 1

That oughta teach him!

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

The SOB is not hurting and he should have been given the Target median income for fucking up.

[–] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 13 points 16 hours ago

Neat! Hope he loses even more!

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 55 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Oh no, only a few hundred million a year instead of all the millions a year? Devastating

[–] PolarKraken@sh.itjust.works 19 points 21 hours ago

Guarantee this prick is furious over this, don't worry. Like, probably even more upset than you or I would be for getting fired unfairly. These people have their entire identity and ego wrapped up in this stuff, their brains are broken.

[–] Tail11@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

He can only buy one yacht and winter home in Aspen this year. How sad.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 32 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Wait until they see a guillotine rolling up the street

[–] muusemuuse@lemm.ee 9 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I personally prefer to buy my guillotines from Costco rather than target.

[–] Tail11@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago

I prefer public caning so everyone can get a whack.

[–] letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 28 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I closed my target account when they pulled this crap. Shopping Costco and thrifting only now. No walmart, no amazon either.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

Amazon has sucked for at least a decade. It was a solid base idea. But they don't give a fuck about the consumer.

[–] Sho@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (22 children)

Still not enough. As someone who frequently shopped at Target, I doubt I'll ever go back.

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[–] hefejefe@lemm.ee 26 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Didn’t target boost prices leading to record profits during the pandemic? Seems like balance is returning to the world. Perfect time for some tiny violins

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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Dude looks like an older Lee Mack

[–] bobzilla@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Sure, but people like Lee Mack.

meanwhile costco traffic doubled :)

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 63 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 27 points 1 day ago

Go fash lose cash.

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