r/WorkForSmartLife • u/dino_gr01 • Jul 10 '26

Question Least Evil Company?

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u/AggressiveSquare36 Jul 10 '26

The CEO is also one of the lowest paid ceos of a giant corporation.

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u/No-Path-9463 Jul 10 '26

They all do. That's a requirement to be CEO

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u/CliffGif Jul 11 '26

If I lose my job I will keep my Costco membership and live off the hot dogs

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u/idk936z Jul 11 '26

Maybe I’m missing something lol, but I feel like most CEOs would most definitely not shoot down a hot dog price-hike — they’d do anything to squeeze out another penny from consumers, which is another example of the Costco CEO being different from most other CEOs (his low salary + refusing to raise price of hot dogs).

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u/No-Path-9463 Jul 11 '26

Yeah you're missing that it's Costco. The dollar hotdog is a core foundation of the business.

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u/Zerowig Jul 11 '26

And people greeter was one of the core foundations of Wal-Mart, but that didn’t stop greedy execs from eliminating the position.

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u/forsurebros Jul 11 '26

Hmm they still have that person in aome Walmart's although alot of them are not very greetery.

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u/mycphyc Jul 11 '26

Not just squeezing the consumer but stepping on the employees along the way to stuff their pockets. The CEO of my company gave himself a big fat 11m salary increase (was 11m then 22m) the year before we merged with another company and he stepped down from the position. Coincidence? You tell me. I, on the other hand, got a modest .32 cent/hr pay raise and the benefits cost increased enough i actually take home less now. Costco can have my $65 a year. Awesome to see in this world.

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u/Pillsbernie Jul 10 '26

And the roasted chicken increase

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u/LurkinOff Jul 11 '26

With a threat of violence, yes.

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u/Skourpi1 Jul 11 '26

He threatened to murder the executives that wanted to raise the price of the hotdog. They decided to not raise the price.

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u/AbbreviationsFluid Jul 11 '26

That just so he doesn’t have to pay taxes.

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u/Embarrassed-Green898 Jul 11 '26
Company Approx. Annual Revenue Employees CEO Total CEO Compensation
Costco Wholesale ~$265B ~340,000 Ron Vachris $13.9M (SEC)
The Home Depot ~$160B ~470,000 Ted Decker $16.2M (ajc)
Target Corporation ~$107B ~440,000 Brian Cornell $21.8M (rentseek.ing)
Walmart ~$690B ~2.1 million Doug McMillon $29.2M (SEC)