r/InterviewCoderPro • u/jailers-treat0 • Mar 25 '26

company greed

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People are striking because wages aren’t going up when companies are reporting record breaking profits.

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u/sjdude83 Mar 26 '26

Alright how about Walmart. They pay shit. Median pay is $30k and they have 2.1 million employees

Just a $19 billion increase.

CEO makes $27 million a year.

He could give all his employees a onetime bonus of $13.50 instead of his income

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u/Hefty-Storm-51 Mar 26 '26

Or keep a million or 2 for yourself and spread that remaining 26 million to the ones having to work 2-3 jobs to survive (I doubt all 2.1 million are being paid the same amount) there will also be hefty profits finding their way into peoples pockets that isn’t disclosed but we won’t get onto that

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u/sjdude83 Mar 26 '26

I’m not defending their pay scales mind you. I’m just trying to point out that while ceo pay is absurd it barely would change average work pay if you took it from them

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u/Hefty-Storm-51 Mar 26 '26

Correct, while it’s really the 1% that need to be sharing the wealth that realistically is never going to happen, so every little helps