Elon Musk earned over 2.5 million times more than Tesla workers as CEO pay surged again

[Jarenien]

He owns one of the most successful and influential companies in the entire world, he deserves everything he gets. Those that don't like him just because he is smart af are sickening. I for one will be buying 1000 shares of stock and then once we land on Mars, I will be retiring as the stock 500x's overnight

 

[GeoffreyA]

CEO pay (and any other pay) is settled in a private contract signed by both sides - which means they (both sides) consider it fair.
The senses and feelings of assorted third parties (e.g. you) in regard to that private contract are entirely irrelevant, because they are not a side.

That may be so, but I won't be worshipping this man's arse like he's a god.

 

[pnntmp]

That may be so, but I won't be worshipping this man's arse like he's a god.

Okay but why do I need to know that?
And why do you need to say it?

I guess because you used to worship "this man's arse like he's a god" not long ago.
A certain category, commonly referred to as 'woke', really worshiped him for allegedly fixing an alleged problem with unpleasant weather in the nebulous future ( commonly referred to as 'climate change') because Tesla cars don't use fossil fuels. Dumb, I know.

When it became clear Musk was actually a sane guy who had nothing to do with the woke, they immediately dis-worshiped him. Which is actually the same with the opposite sign - now they worship him like he's the Devil.
Interestingly, the Devil worship is far more intense and deeply emotional. The woke are literally foaming every time His Name is mentioned.

 

[GeoffreyA]

Okay but why do I need to know that?
And why do you need to say it?

I guess because you used to worship "this man's arse like he's a god" not long ago.
A certain category, commonly referred to as 'woke', really worshiped him for allegedly fixing an alleged problem with unpleasant weather in the nebulous future ( commonly referred to as 'climate change') because Tesla cars don't use fossil fuels. Dumb, I know.

When it became clear Musk was actually a sane guy who had nothing to do with the woke, they immediately dis-worshiped him. Which is actually the same with the opposite sign - now they worship him like he's the Devil.
Interestingly, the Devil worship is far more intense and deeply emotional. The woke are literally foaming every time His Name is mentioned.

You are wrong. I never liked the man from day one.

 

[Mark Fuller]

Okay but why do I need to know that?
And why do you need to say it?

I guess because you used to worship "this man's arse like he's a god" not long ago.
A certain category, commonly referred to as 'woke', really worshiped him for allegedly fixing an alleged problem with unpleasant weather in the nebulous future ( commonly referred to as 'climate change') because Tesla cars don't use fossil fuels. Dumb, I know.

When it became clear Musk was actually a sane guy who had nothing to do with the woke, they immediately dis-worshiped him. Which is actually the same with the opposite sign - now they worship him like he's the Devil.
Interestingly, the Devil worship is far more intense and deeply emotional. The woke are literally foaming every time His Name is mentioned.


Tesla cars do use fossil fuel. 70% of the electricity used to recharge any electric car is produced by oil and coal.

 

[Squid Surprise]

Okay but why do I need to know that?
And why do you need to say it?

I guess because you used to worship "this man's arse like he's a god" not long ago.
A certain category, commonly referred to as 'woke', really worshiped him for allegedly fixing an alleged problem with unpleasant weather in the nebulous future ( commonly referred to as 'climate change') because Tesla cars don't use fossil fuels. Dumb, I know.

When it became clear Musk was actually a sane guy who had nothing to do with the woke, they immediately dis-worshiped him. Which is actually the same with the opposite sign - now they worship him like he's the Devil.
Interestingly, the Devil worship is far more intense and deeply emotional. The woke are literally foaming every time His Name is mentioned.


Tesla cars do use fossil fuel. 70% of the electricity used to recharge any electric car is produced by oil and coal.

You didn’t understand his point - re-read….

 

[kaosken]

And, he will most likely start another genius company and hire another 100000 people. Not like the $ are sitting in a desk drawer...

 

[pnntmp]

Tesla cars do use fossil fuel. 70% of the electricity used to recharge any electric car is produced by oil and coal.

Of course they do indirectly. But the woke are a tribe that avoids thinking.
Now they'll hate Musk even more ..

 

[Aolish]

Why all this disdain towards rich people. Has the mainstream media brainwashed all of us that bad? I'm not all that knowledgeable, but doesn't the top 1% of them pay 50% of the taxes? If it wasn't for them our taxes would be much higher than what they are now. I think we're about to get a taste of that here in NY when all the rich people leave, the taxes will only get higher. Don't get me wrong, of course there are some corrupt rich people out there but that's not the majority.

 

[Mark Fuller]

You didn’t understand his point - re-read….

Oh, I understand the point that it is an alternative to the internal combustion engine and he probably is a legitimate businessman. I was just trying to clarify, saying that fossil fuel production of electricity has an effect on climate as well.

 

[Mark Fuller]

Of course they do indirectly. But the woke are a tribe that avoids thinking.
Now they'll hate Musk even more ..

I don't exactly know who the woke are. But it sounds like another group of double minded people who like to blow horns.

 

[pnntmp]

doesn't the top 1% of them pay 50% of the taxes?

No. In the US they pay 40%

The top 5% pay 60% of the taxes.
The bottom 50% pay 3% of the taxes, so the half of the population lives essentially tax-free.

Why all this disdain towards rich people.

I have absolutely no idea, we should erect them monuments.
Note that 95%+ of the negative attitude towards rich people you see online comes from paid trolls. What you see online has nothing to do with the real world.

 

[bclaymiles]

Vast majority of what this nonsense claim is based on is "Restricted Stock". Meaning, it's not 'earnings'. It's imaginary value rather than tangible value. It's a convenient fiction to give the shrieking left another reason (as if they as if they need one) to clutch their pearls, while ignoring multimillionaires such as Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Bernie Sanders, Nancy Pelosi, Ro Khanna, billionaire George Soros and like minded son, billionaire Neville Roy Singham and more, because they're the "right kind" of rich people.

Nothing more fun than promulgating class warfare and division.

 

[wiyosaya]

I'd happily pay for an extension that blocks or blanks pics of his mug.
And pay extra if it does the same with Trump pics.

That would be an extension worth installing.

Disgusting human filth.
I believe I'll be alive when these move on to their next incarnations.
Those will be Good Days. Heck I'll eat cake!

Given fElon's current behavior, it would not surprise me if, like Nicolai Tesla, dies bankrupt and alone.

 

[Mark Fuller]

That would be an extension worth installing.

Given fElon's current behavior, it would not surprise me if, like Nicolai Tesla, dies bankrupt and alone.

Nikola Tesla never had the enormous corporate success of an Elon Musk, he was more of a scientist than a CEO.

 

[Anton Longshot]

I feel conflicted about this, under one hand he has worked hard to get to where he's at. This is one of the things I love about our country. You get what you worked for. He just didn't sit on his laurels and got to where he's at now, he worked hard. However, I am also conflicted on how you treat your employees (I'm not criticizing him), but I believe there is a fine balance between what you give back to the people who work for you and how much you earn. By no means I'm not saying the CEO should earn less than what employees make and I'm not saying we should get equal pay to what the CEO makes, but if your earning 7-9 digits a year and your only paying your employees minimum wage then I think there might be something wrong. I don't know, that's just my opinion and I know there are A LOT of nuances that goes along with that that also needs to be considered. But all in all, any rich person who got to where they're at through hard work, resilience, spending their own money, devotion, persistency, taking risks, investing, increasing their skillset from studying hard, and trial and error, I think they earned it.

Sorry to rock your boat a bit but I derive from what you write that you think (for example) the homeless people deserve their fate.
The Dutch have a saying "Without Luck No One Prospers"...I'm 65 now and I realized this is a hard truth a long time ago.
As for Musk specifically, he was born into money. Would he be the richest man on Earth if he was born poor? An interesting thought experiment.

 

[monkeylove]

That's been going on for decades, and in many countries.