Because those workers are not in a position to effect meaningful marginal value creation.
Let’s say you paid that $750m in bonuses to those factory workers, what value was created for shareholders? Zero, because Apple doesn’t have a capacity problem producing iPhones…
Who knows how much value Tim Cook created vs some other CEO (he may have destroyed value), we’ll never know, but I think the philosophy is to align incentives between shareholders and the people that are in positions to drive value.
Let’s say you paid that $750m in bonuses to those factory workers, what value was created for shareholders? Zero, because Apple doesn’t have a capacity problem producing iPhones…
Who knows how much value Tim Cook created vs some other CEO (he may have destroyed value), we’ll never know, but I think the philosophy is to align incentives between shareholders and the people that are in positions to drive value.