To make Monday even worse ...
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http://kotaku.com/5333604/ever-wonder-how-much-activision-honcho-made-last-year
This makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit.
This makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit.
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Where's the stabby stab emoticon?
hookers and blow
Try looking at athletes saleries. Those guys are insanely over paid.
Obviously this guy is going to need a small island and some pretty beefy defenses for when the angry mob shows up, but he has some time to prepare, they're pretty busy these days. Hopefully he is pretty deep into tower defense games?
I don't think its too cool to single him out like that. But then again you can't have a witch hunt without a pile of witches to burn. $5 says this was all on the up and up and perfectly acceptable in his "circle".
i wouldn't say athletes are TOO overpaid...athletic careers as athletes don't last too horribly long... they get a lot of intense wear and tear on their body... an average football player will last about 3.5 seasons... then they have to figure out how to either make the sport into a long lasting career or be safe with their money long enough to not get a real job.... some get super stupid and fall into a drug lifestyle losing all their winnings.... but, the amount they do make is insane... i agree.... or when they bitch about how much they make... that gets just down right stupid.... this dude however will rake in the cash for God knows how long...
If the company were in shambles and doing bad, this would sound about as bad as some of you feel about this. I feel his compensation is in line with the well earned success of the company. It does no good for us to covet and cause stress for our selves. I don't think we can say his job is easy. His job probably entails delegation and managment on a massive scale, plus dealing with infestors on a daily basis. He's likely traveling constantly and who knows how many fires he deals with keeping the company structure strong. His reward seems justified to me.
Instead of loathing, i would try and work for one of Activisions high earning branches like Infinity Ward or blizzard. They likely reward there employees with reasonable bonuses.
Or as another option you could go to school for bizness and become the future exec of a company like he did and make the same millions.
I say congrats to him. He worked to get to this point. I don't necessarily know what you do with 14 million a year but I'm sure he's got plenty of higher payed celeb role models to look to for guidance.
It would be nice if he contributed to charity and I'm sure he does or might.
But, I think lucky for us (united states) we are lucky the financial success of an individual is not tethered to the public's ability to control what one does with there success. That's the best part of a free market. Freedom to do what you want with what you earn.
Wow.
He can use dollar bills to keep his fireplace alight.
That said, hopefully the development teams more directly responsible for this success received very impressive bonuses as well.
EDIT: I am writing really poorly atm...
How is 15 million a year reasonable? at most a million a year is more than anyone honestly deserves to get paid and even then I think that's way too high a number. No matter the size of the company, if the ceo is making 15 million and the lowest employees are living paycheck to paycheck, there's something wrong.
Adam: this information is typically made available to shareholders and the like.
[Keg beat me to it]
now that is fucked.
I'm not one to bitch but it's sort of just true that things are imbalanced somewhere.
On the other hand if this guy worked his way to the top and learnt to be a quick thinker then he probably deserves it.
For me if I was receiving that kind of money I would plow it back into the business in the form of payrises, new technology & security, not coke, hookers and those long cigars
you could still do all of that and have some left over for coke hookers and cigars
now lets say if any of you had the chance to be him would you turn it down?
I know I wouldnt...
If the shareholders are fat and happy no one is going to end up on the street.
I wouldn't turn it down, but I would also be a little more generous in spreading the monetary love.
When we're talking about THAT MUCH money, there is just no reason for one person to keep all of that. If I were in that position, I would re-invest a sizeable chunk of that cashola into bonuses for those employees under me. If there were a team of employees who had done especially well for the company that year, I would single them out with considerable bonuses, making an example to the rest of the employees.
Having such an astronomical salary is nice, but at some point it just becomes redundant. Re-investing into your employee's is a great way to build company loyalty and boost your own popularity within the organization. Accepting a pay cut in order to pay your employees more is a very significant gesture, and will make prospective hires that much more eager to work for your company.
Thing is, each email he deletes will earn him money. Just spending time makes him money! :P
I take that as an understatement for anyone making more than 1 million a year which should be the cut off for everyone...
Think he is?
No.