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Comment by dgellow

3 hours ago

Nintendo CEO cutting his salary in half to avoid firing employees

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/13/nintendo-ceo-once-halved-sal...

Yes and it was 1) incredibly notable, 2) 13 years ago, 3) in another country, and 4) following one of their worst performing products ever. Iwata's (maybe voluntary) temporary pay cut was big news because of how exceptional it was.

  • I was giving you a name, given you said you cannot name one. I do not disagree it is an exception