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[–] [email protected] 114 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Just some fun basic math for everyone...

$96 million / 1000 (workers) = $96,000

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 day ago

Want a worse number? Back in 2019, the price of commodity was at less than a $1. Starbucks, at the time made up 3% of the world’s production. They decided to give $20m to their farmers. Did it help? Well based on available financial data at the time, $20m was approximately single afternoon’s profit for the company. A SINGLE FUCKING AFTERNOON! https://sprudge.com/starbucks-would-prefer-you-dont-think-too-hard-about-that-20m-relief-fund-151839.html

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes, but that's irrelevant, just an accidental "post-" fact.

I think more relevant basic math is that he got a 2.6% bonus in terms of annual net income of the group.

The other 97.4% of labour just goes to shareholders ("landlords" of the financial system).