Reddit Files to Go Public, Reveals That It Paid CEO $193 Million Last Year::Nineteen years since its founding, the social media site is finally going public.

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    9 months ago

    Reddit gave more than 1/3rd of its revenue to 2 people, plus options. Holy fuck.

    Apple doesn’t even pay it executives close to what Reddit is dishing out, even if you consider the stock they get.

    Do NOT invest in this company. Now that we can see the books, it’s clear how poorly things are actually run.

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        9 months ago

        Or cap executive pay at a multiple of worker pay. Making 100x the average lifetime earnings in the US in one year is sickening!

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      9 months ago

      Looking it up, almost all of it is from stocks. Not sure how it works exactly, is that new stock he got or was it from his existing stock?

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          9 months ago

          Employees usually can’t just sell their stock whenever they want, especially at the C level. They have scheduled sales because they always have material knowledge about the company that would lead to insider trading.

          Regular employees will have long vesting schedules (often backdated to their start date if they worked there while it was private), and often can’t sell in certain blackout periods.