misk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoHere Are All the Game Industry CEOs Who Took a Pay Cut to Prevent Layoffshard-drive.netexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1298arrow-down128
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minus-squareFubarberry@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up87·1 year agoIt wasn’t this year, but I remember when Satoru Iwata and a bunch of other Nintendo executives took pay cuts when the Wii U was underperforming rather than laying off workers. So it does happen, just not very often with most companies.
minus-squaredelitomatoes@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoJapan Airlines CEO took a salary of $1 during the downturn…but it’s more of a Japan thing
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoTo be fair, many US CEOs take a $1 salary, they just get a ton of stocks instead.
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minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year agoYes they do. Here are a few: Mark Zuckerberg Jack Dorsey Larry Page Even those with a “typical” CEO salary usually get far more compensation through stocks (e.g. Costco’s CEO). Salary isn’t the interesting figure here.
minus-squareSaledovil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoIt’s the alternative to cutting your pinky finger off.
minus-squareArtyom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoSo you’re telling me the CEO behind the Wii U even kept his job? Wild
minus-squareFubarberry@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoHe was also the CEO behind the Wii, DS, and 3DS. So plenty of success besides the Wii U.
It wasn’t this year, but I remember when Satoru Iwata and a bunch of other Nintendo executives took pay cuts when the Wii U was underperforming rather than laying off workers.
So it does happen, just not very often with most companies.
Japan Airlines CEO took a salary of $1 during the downturn…but it’s more of a Japan thing
To be fair, many US CEOs take a $1 salary, they just get a ton of stocks instead.
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Yes they do. Here are a few:
Even those with a “typical” CEO salary usually get far more compensation through stocks (e.g. Costco’s CEO). Salary isn’t the interesting figure here.
It’s the alternative to cutting your pinky finger off.
So you’re telling me the CEO behind the Wii U even kept his job? Wild
He was also the CEO behind the Wii, DS, and 3DS. So plenty of success besides the Wii U.