Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe salaries of Wikimedia executives are sparking an online debate about tech sector wageswww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1391arrow-down156cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1335arrow-down1external-linkThe salaries of Wikimedia executives are sparking an online debate about tech sector wageswww.businessinsider.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square99fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down2·1 year agoOne reason tech companies are able to give absurd salaries is to suppress competition. If they can price everyone else out from good engineers, they can keep competition low.
One reason tech companies are able to give absurd salaries is to suppress competition. If they can price everyone else out from good engineers, they can keep competition low.