• kungen@feddit.nu
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    1 day ago

    Not directly, but it still does matter to me. I’d rather my CEO buy a new car instead of giving even more money to Microsoft, as weird as that sounds.

    The real problem is that it makes it even more appealing for C-suiters to cut costs – and C-suiters usually choose to reduce licence counts (read: firing people) instead of migrating away from Microsoft.

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      CEO still gets his new car, Microsoft still gets their check, … it’s you, sir, who gets a 2% raise instead of a 7% raise. So you’re paid less value the following year, against inflation, which is what helps make up the difference.

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      I’d rather have the CEO buy me a new car, but y’know, perspectives and all that. I’m just working my ass off for a 1b 1ba and a used Toyota Yaris, so really they deserve a new Jaguar this week.