Comment by crakhamster01

While it's bad to get triggered by something like this and then move on, I think your take is incorrect as well. We shouldn't take every corporate decision - whether it's how they choose to compensate, govern, or otherwise - face down and just call it "doing business".

Your view promotes passive participation. Make the optimal decision for yourself in the short-term and ignore any broader implicaition. No disrespect, but this exact behavior is how individuals cede agency and enables corporations to exert more and more influence on society.

If rewarding executives after gross mismanagement of hiring makes someone angry, let them be angry! Then, look into how you can direct that anger somewhere besides the HN comment section. Chances are that others are angry about it as well, and with enough vocal support maybe we can get some semblance of worker protections and corporate oversight in this country [1].

[1] https://inequality.org/article/a-fresh-approach-to-limiting-...