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earl on July 12, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Betaworks to Pay $500,000 for Fallen Social Media ...

I understand what it is. I understand why investors do it.

I reiterate my point: it's unseemly when founders earn millions and everyone else, particularly the employees, goes home with nothing.

meric on July 12, 2012 | [–]

That's why it is important for employees to demand market salary, startup or no.

true_religion on July 12, 2012 | [–]

It's not as if Digg was a fly-by-your-pants startup. They paid their employees competitive salaries.

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