CEO pay soared in 2025, 20 times faster than workers’ pay (www.theguardian.com)
from girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 01 May 16:26
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CEO pay increased 20 times faster than worker pay around the world in 2025, according to a new analysis from Oxfam and the International Trade Union Confederation, the world’s largest trade union federation.

When adjusted for inflation, global worker pay declined 12% between 2019 and 2025, the equivalent of 108 days of free work during that time period. In comparison, CEO compensation increased by 54% between 2019 and 2025.

The average CEO received $8.4m in total compensation in 2025 compared to $7.6m in 2024.

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TheTechnician27@lemmy.world on 01 May 16:55 next collapse

For those wondering where 20x is coming from:

Chief executives of the world’s largest corporations enjoyed an 11 percent real-terms pay hike last year, while the average global worker saw real wages increase by just 0.5 percent, new analysis by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and Oxfam ahead of International Workers’ Day (May 1) reveals. In other words, top global CEO pay increased 20 times faster than global workers’ pay in 2025.

Rhaedas@fedia.io on 01 May 17:06 next collapse

All pay rates (not just minimum wage) should be tied to inflation, so any raises are on top of that adjustment. That would of course bankrupt all companies (is what they'll say).

Doesn't fix the topic, but it does address the real wage increase of practically nothing.

[deleted] on 01 May 18:19 next collapse
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HowRu68@lemmy.world on 01 May 18:19 collapse

Here a historic graph for context. Per 2023 the gap has soared 1,085% since 1978.

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/ba47f955-c661-4f96-9a69-04fdf5a3d7d4.png">

#edit better graph

lennybird@lemmy.world on 01 May 17:18 next collapse

It’s okay because they clearly earned it. Merit based society /s

reddig33@lemmy.world on 01 May 17:30 collapse

The photo of Nadella is just the icing on the cake. Driving customers away from Microsoft with his horrible decisions, ruining products. But stock still goes up, and Nadella gets a raise.

xtr0n@sh.itjust.works on 01 May 19:26 collapse

He kinda started strong with trying to undo the toxic Ballmer era culture and scrambling to try to catch up on cloud infra. But even back then, the push for crazy excessive telemetry and moving pretty much all of QA into data science was the beginning of the end. And like all tech execs, AI has them losing their GD minds.

Blueoaky@mander.xyz on 01 May 17:38 next collapse

If the CEO’s get more, then the owner class must have even more.

Redvenom@retrolemmy.com on 01 May 18:05 next collapse

Imagine saving all that money if an IA replaces CEOs

[deleted] on 01 May 18:41 next collapse
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Drusas@fedia.io on 01 May 19:53 next collapse

Happy May Day.

myrmidex@belgae.social on 02 May 06:52 next collapse

Yet guillotine sales remain remarkably flat.

finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world on 02 May 07:23 next collapse

Is there a preponderance of baldness among CEOs?

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today on 02 May 07:37 collapse

ceo are psycopath it is stressful to be one, so they lose all thier hair, or they are old white people.

phutatorius@lemmy.zip on 02 May 10:13 collapse

And CEO performance is just as shit as it was in the late 1970s.

What a racket.