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[myth_drannon]

My Fields prize worthy math...

salary increase on average by 30,000$ to 10,000 employees = 300 million

vs

hiring new employees to backfill that left with higher salary 30,000$ * 1000 = 30 million + cost of replacement 70000$*1000 = 70 million. total 100 million.

200 million difference is not a small change, that can be given as a bonus to executives.

[avisser → myth_drannon]

Thanks for obliging me.

But I think the math ended up being superfluous. It's about the rich getting richer. Which makes sense to me, unfortunately.