Sina Science and Technology News Beijing time at noon on January 12th, Amazon.Com IncFounder Bezos is the richest man in the world, but he is not generous with his employees.
According to the American Federation of Labor and the Confederation of Industrial organizations (Congress of Industrial Organizations), Amazon.Com Inc's median salary is $28836. Amazon.Com Inc ranks lowest among technology companies in the United States that are controlled by billionaire founders or major shareholders. Amazon.Com Inc's figure is lower than the US median net salary of $32838 in 2018.
With pay so low, it is no wonder that Bernie Sanders, the Democratic presidential candidate, can't help criticizing. Last September, Sanders claimed that Bezos was a representative of income inequality. He also said Bezos makes more money in 10 seconds than the average employee earns in a year.
Why is the median salary of Amazon.Com Inc so low? Because Amazon.Com Inc order fulfillment center, distribution operation center and some other departments have a lot of service work, the salary is already on the low side. As for work such as software development, Amazon.Com Inc's salary is still very competitive. For example, Amazon.Com Inc can earn as much as $99444 relative to an entry-level software engineer.
In fact, the pay imbalance between Bezos and his employees is better than that of other S & P 500 companies. In 2018, the ratio of Bezos to employees was 58:1, while the average compensation ratio for S & P 500 companies was 287.
Many people think that Facebook IncIt's the ideal place to work, with a median salary of $228651, and Zuckerberg is arguably the world's most generous tech tycoon, ranking first. DELLThe median salary was $88459, ranking third. OracleThe median salary is $83813.
Look at Tesla, Inc. again.Its median salary is $56163, and the ratio of Tesla, Inc. CEO Musk's salary to employees' salary is 40668, which is quite uneven. Musk's salary totaled $2284044884 ($2.284 billion) last year. (Xinghai)