Nvidia’s employees are suddenly so rich and happy that the company’s got a ‘semi retirement’ problem, insiders say::undefined

  • @flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
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    621 year ago

    Problem? Isn’t this the goal of any company - make a lot of money, primarily for the shareholders, but in this case employees are also the shareholders themselves. They are not a charity, they’re in this to make money.

    One of the rare example of success in capitalism.

    (and maybe a taste of what different systems could achieve if we didn’t separate ownership and employment)

    • @EmoBean@lemmy.world
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      241 year ago

      Yeah, really awesome that 2 decades of market manipulation allowed them to be the monopoly on AI. Such good capitalism, when even the longest silicon producer, Intel, can’t even compete. I love my two party capitalism.

      • BlanketsWithSmallpox
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        1 year ago

        Capitalist solution: Pay better.

        There’s only so many times you can break apart a company that essentially makes ‘one’ product lol.

        • @EmoBean@lemmy.world
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          31 year ago

          The solution are the bent sheet metal cans that only take one manufacture, a few machines, and some steel to make. The way folded towels have been dispensed for >50 years. But everyone needs to make money on everything, so having a metal can that you pull one folded paper towel from isn’t enough control over the one person that wants to steal the whole thing.

    • @Wrench@lemmy.world
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      211 year ago

      Eh. Sounds like it could be very toxic, or just whiny worker bees, we can’t tell from the outside.

      If the senior folk are basically tenured and produce very little while still holding the reins and preventing upwards movement of the high performers, that’s toxic. Basically a rug pull because they got theirs and limit the opportunities for the next generation.

      It’s also entirely likely that they’re doing the work at a level that doesn’t include implementing the actual day to day, but the low level workers don’t see it, so make bad assumptions.

      Who the fuck knows what the reality is.

  • @sknowmads
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    131 year ago

    Rest n vest is a problem at most of the major US tech companies.

    • @krashmo@lemmy.world
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      271 year ago

      You mean the companies with more money than most countries? Yeah I’m sure they’re really struggling to get enough work out of employees.

      • @sknowmads
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        71 year ago

        At a corporate level I agree, I could not give less of a shit.

        At a peer level, it sucks, like it would at any job where a team member is dead weight.

  • @OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee
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    51 year ago

    When Panera doesn’t pay their employees enough, it’s hard to motivate people. When Nvidia pays their employees a lot, it’s hard to motivate people.

    If we have to pick one, pick the one that allows you to hire basically anyone you want, and hire new people who are motivated.