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Some would say that most of the spending is based on greed. Individual salaries doubled to tripled in the last decade, with their head earning three quarters of a million now.

It was a tenth 15 years ago.

They started out right, like they all do. Then personal money catches up.

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Irelephant@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Aside from nagging a bit more often for donations, has the site gotten worse in any way as a result?

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mriormro@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You thinking a $750,000 salary for the CEO of one of the top ten visited websites in the world and arguably one of the most important knowledge resources we’ve probably ever created is ‘greed’ is pretty hilarious.

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- underisk@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Thinking one guy deserves that much salary for the work of millions of volunteers over decades is what’s hilarious. Do you think those giant pleas that they post when they need money would be as convincing if they listed his salary?
  
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  - dr_lobotomy@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    What does that have to do with Wikipedia specifically?This isn’t a problem of wikipedia it’s a problem of capitalism
    
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Gloomy@mander.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I wanted to fact check you on this, and you speak true.

…m.wikimedia.org/…/Wikimedia_Foundation_salaries

Makes me question my willingness to donate money to them.

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- dariusj18@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I think you should consider the opportunity cost of what they would be making elsewhere. Salaries need to be competitive, otherwise you are at the mercy of those who are willing to work for less and hope that the reason is benevolent.
  
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  - UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I don’t buy that argument at all, it just doesn’t make any sense for a position like Wikipedia. Sure, if you’re in a highly competitive and specialised industry where connections and insider information matters I would get it, but just running a “simple” organisation like Wikipedia, no way.
    
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    dariusj18@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    You think $750k for a CEO of a “simple” company is high?
    
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  - underisk@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    That would make more sense if Wikipedia was a profit generating enterprise that needed to satisfy shareholders. It’s run like a charity through donations , though. Nobody is gonna replace Jimmy unless he steps down willingly.
    
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