Not the only one, but you are part of a very small group.
Anyway, I also disagree in general. If a person brings so much value, than why not compensate that person adequately?
The "only" thing that is bothering me with the insanely high salary of CEO's etc. is that they quite often seem disconnected from actual success. Like in this case:
> The market share of Firefox goes down, yet her compensation goes up. Why???
Obvious: because she has to make bank before the ship sinks for good. I'm sure she would put forward a lot of arguments for it (all the extra time she spent over the years "underpaid" etc etc).
Baker has been more than "a lawyer" to Mozilla, for a very long time. She shouldered a lot of decisions - some good, some bad, some terrible. It's not surprising that she might be reaching for the money (most execs will, at that level), but rather that nobody at the corporation or the foundation is willing or able to stop her anytime soon.
Maybe it's up to the community to stop this kind of behaviour. Maybe it's time to create another non-profit focused on Mozilla's goals, with a promise of having a more sane salary structure and just fork Firefox.
Nonprofits don’t fund something the size of Firefox (which doesn’t need 1100 people or now 1030 or whatever the headcount may be, but needs hundreds). They must give grants to get bigger grants as well as annual pledge drive donations from the long tail. They end up depending on the biggest foundations, which are tools of a relative-few billionaires.
> If a person brings so much value, than why not compensate that person adequately?
The question isn't only if the person brings that much value, but also - is there any other person who would bring as much value, but would work for less salary?
> Anyway, I also disagree in general. If a person brings so much value, than why not compensate that person adequately?
I'd be very interested to learn how a CEOs worth is evaluated, I cannot imagine it being a fair process that truly demonstrates that they deserve this much money.
Anyway, I also disagree in general. If a person brings so much value, than why not compensate that person adequately?
The "only" thing that is bothering me with the insanely high salary of CEO's etc. is that they quite often seem disconnected from actual success. Like in this case:
https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1217512049716035584
The market share of Firefox goes down, yet her compensation goes up. Why???
(Also, in a ideal world, I think the biggest compensation for a technical product should be for the technical people. And not the lawers.)