Google raised CEO Sundar Pichai’s salary and caused discontent among employees. Staff complained that the company was raising the CEO’s fee amid cost-cutting policies: A few days ago, Google even had to reduce the range of free food in offices.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has received a pay raise in 2022, according to CNBC. Last year, Google’s chief executive fee from parent company Alphabet was $226 million, most of which is a stock bonus Pichai receives every three years.
The salary increase of the CEO of Google sparked discontent among employees. They complained that Google was cutting costs on everything except CEO fees. Employee complaints have so far been limited to Internet “memes” comparing Peach to Apple CEO Tim Cook.
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Google has been following a cost-cutting policy since the end of 2022. Due to the slowdown in revenue growth, Alphabet decided to lay off 12,000 employees and take other unpopular measures, such as reducing free food in offices.
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