Microsoft Gaming laid off over 2,500 workers this year, but it still found enough spare change to give its CEO a $79M Bonus

[Kane99]

Source - https://www.gamesradar.com/games/microsoft-gaming-laid-off-over-2-500-workers-this-year-but-it-still-found-enough-spare-change-to-give-its-ceo-a-usd79-million-bonus/

This is why the gaming industry is the way it is. They can lay-off thousands of workers in the industry, but these companies CEOs really need a bump of $79M in bonuses? It makes absolutely no sense that a company is losing money and have to fire their employees, only to give their CEO millions upon millions. Something needs to be done, these game studios should have have CEOs, COOs, or any big time person in charge making near that much in bonuses. Hell I don't even think they deserve to be paid near that yearly even. 

Anyway, this is in regards to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who got a 62% pay rise for the fiscal year. The same article also discusses how Microsoft even had a market cap of $3 trillion last year. So idk why they have to lay anyone off. You'd think with that type of money coming it, they'd be able to keep most, if not all of their employees on board and pay them all handsomely. But, lets be honest, they wouldn't ever do that, because they're all greedy over there. 

[killamch89]

I completely agree with you. It's frustrating to see such a disparity between executive compensation and the treatment of regular employees. It’s a troubling trend across many industries, not just gaming. Perhaps if companies prioritized their workforce instead of massive bonuses, we’d see a more stable and motivated team, which could ultimately benefit the business in the long run.