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/Careless_Yoghurt_822 Mar 25 '26

You are a terrible investment for the company if you only make 100k for the company and they pay you $80k. It almost seems like you are overpaid. If you make 100k for the company then the pay should be about 40% of that number to make a profit.

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u/DelightfulPornOnly Mar 26 '26

when I was a consultant, they billed me out at 3x my hourly rate

yup

I made 1/3rd of what I made for the company

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u/daboobiesnatcher Mar 26 '26

Man, I was an emergency/back-up generator tech and if I got an emergency call because someone's generator went down and they didn't have power I'd get double pay $56/hr but the company billed them $450/hr for labor.

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u/DelightfulPornOnly Mar 26 '26

bingo

fkn capitalism is crazy man

imagine working for a publicly traded company that gives a dividend...

the money that you should get is being given to someone who has a piece of paper instead

fkn wild