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Boeing looks to avoid a strike with a 25% pay raise and plans to build its next plane in Seattle (qz.com)

submitted 3 months ago by chaospatterns to c/seattle

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[–] JoshuaFalken 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I had read about that somewhere. It's unbelievable in some respects that if shareholders are looking for the company to make cuts, it always starts with the people towards the bottom of the ladder. So much could be recouped by taking the axe to the executive branch.

I wish your friend and his colleagues well. I hope they come out better off than this.

[–] Anticorp 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Shareholder demands" is usually bullshit. It's the demands of a few majority shareholders who are greedy beyond measure. I agree with you on your proposition though.

[–] JoshuaFalken 3 points 3 months ago

That was a bit tongue in cheek, probably should have put it in quotes or something. The board can more or less make any decision so long as they can plausibly say it's in the interest of the shareholders. Like you say, this tends to match the interests of only a few entities, not actually everyone with stock.

I feel like a lot of problems arise from this short term view of any board's fiduciary responsibility to the 'shareholders'.