[klyrs]

> ...company whose finances are in need of slashing the CEO's salary to zero.

You're only looking at one side of the equation. The CEO wanted to ensure that his employees were all making a living wage. He's so committed to that that he's taking the same wage. To spin that as a foundering business is rather disingenuous.

I wish more executives would take more modest wages. My employer would have a lot more runway if our execs were making the same as the rest of us. Hard to buy into "belt-tightening exercises" where we sack a dozen qualified and necessary employees whose salaries don't add up to a single executive salary...

[keanzu]

> My employer would have a lot more runway if our execs were making the same as the rest of us.

He was making the same as the rest of his staff so where is his runway? First serious crisis in 5 years since that article and he's scrounging for $70K.