Microsoft boss Satya Nadella will earn a wallet-busting $79.1m (£60.9m) this financial year, up 63 percent on his compensation for 2023.

The huge boost to Nadella’s pay in both cash and stock, announced by Microsoft last night, comes after a positive year overall for the company’s financial revenues - but a turbulent 12 months for its employees.

2024 has seen two mass layoffs at Microsoft, with 1900 staff laid off in January, before a further 650 Xbox employees were shown the door in September.

  • r00ty
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    827 days ago

    Maybe someone can make an app, so I can have someone paid at an insultingly low hourly rate to go protest/riot in my place?

    • already done.

      "Crowds on Demand is an American publicity firm that provides clients with hired actors to pose as fans, paparazzi, security guards, unpaid protesters and professional paid protesters.[1][2][3] The company operates in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas,[4] New York City,[1] Washington, D.C.,[5] Iowa, and New Hampshire.[6] "

      Theres also “Rent a Family” https://charactersforhire.com/rent-a-family/

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        326 days ago

        That dystopian “future”. It’s the present, isn’t it.

        • I’m seriously considering rent-a-family. My relatives can occassionally be ‘unprofessional’ and I see that for a small fee I dont have to put up with that sort of bullshit anymore.

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        327 days ago

        2.49 extra for assured personal rioter. Otherwise you’ll get the standard service where your rioter may have another riot to attend to first.