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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So, for a zoom meeting, does the software get considered? Zoom has workers too. The work from home employees that have a cleaner. WFH that don't. Etc etc.

Is it just that outsourced janitor considered, or the recruiter that hired them, their manager and CEO of that company, their marketing and sales dept etc.

I agree that CEO salary should be lower relative to workers, but when you have a kpi, people work to the kpi, not what we want to achieve. It wouldn't lead to better employee pay, but more creative accounting is my point.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The idea is obviously not fully baked here. This is why seemingly simple ideas run a hundred pages when the law is actually passed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Haha, yes indeed. I think focusing on the comparison between workers leads to infighting. Most CEOs of small companies are on good salaries but they are not billionaires. Tax exeryine accordingly, including companies and CEOs and ensure wages offer a good standard of living. Raising minimum wage based on cost of living and improved living standards is easier to sell and achieve and has a knock on effect of raising everyone.

Less kids in poverty leads to more social mobility.