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BeckyDem

(8,361 posts) Thu Jan 13, 2022, 04:05 PM Jan 2022

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( Tweet ) Robert Reich @RBReich: Kroger paid its CEO $22,000,000.

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Kroger, Blasted for Ending Hazard Pay, Gave CEO $22 Million

McMullen’s compensation last year rose almost 6% from 2019
The grocery company’s CEO earned 909 times the median worker

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-13/kroger-blasted-for-ending-hazard-pay-gave-its-ceo-22-million

( No kidding, this is not ok. )

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( Tweet ) Robert Reich @RBReich: Kroger paid its CEO $22,000,000. (Original Post) BeckyDem Jan 2022 OP

Too fucking cheap to give workers hazard pay during a pandemic... Ohio Joe Jan 2022 #1

No one needs that kind of money to live a full life. BeckyDem Jan 2022 #2

Watch Robert Reich's documentary "Inequality" Poiuyt Jan 2022 #3

I will check it out. He is wonderful. BeckyDem Jan 2022 #4

Probably never broke a sweat in his life. lpbk2713 Jan 2022 #5

Ohio Joe

(21,896 posts)

1. Too fucking cheap to give workers hazard pay during a pandemic...

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Thu Jan 13, 2022, 04:06 PM

Jan 2022

Ahhh, but the CEO.... Grrr, fuckers.

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BeckyDem

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2. No one needs that kind of money to live a full life.

Reply to Ohio Joe (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 13, 2022, 04:09 PM

Jan 2022

It is shameful and I honestly don't know how they sleep at night.

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Poiuyt

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3. Watch Robert Reich's documentary "Inequality"

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Thu Jan 13, 2022, 04:11 PM

Jan 2022

He talks quite a bit about how wages got so out of hand.

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BeckyDem

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4. I will check it out. He is wonderful.

Reply to Poiuyt (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 13, 2022, 04:12 PM

Jan 2022

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lpbk2713

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5. Probably never broke a sweat in his life.

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Thu Jan 13, 2022, 04:16 PM

Jan 2022

Except for maybe on the golf course.

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