Amid layoffs at tech firms, fat paychecks of select CEOs face ire

Apr 27, 2023

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Fat shell out

The pay package awarded to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai soared to $226 million in 2022, boosted by a stock grant, making him one of the world's highest-paid corporate leaders

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Package & perk

The stock award portion of his 2022 compensation was $218 million. Pichai's stock award comes on a three-year schedule, and he had received $281 million in 2019.

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Lay offs

In January, Alphabet started cutting about 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its global workforce. The median total compensation for Alphabet employees was $279,802 in 2022.

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Stock Performance

2022: -39%2023: 22%

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Touchy subject

CEO compensation has become a particularly touchy topic in the tech industry - especially after a wave of layoffs at Alphabet and other major companies.

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Following the trend

Apple CEO Tim Cook slashed his 2023 pay after drawing ire for making $100 million each of the past two years. (Data Source: TOI)

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