[swyman]

Some people care about things other than what's immediately in front of their faces on a day-to-day basis

[a3voices]

True but paying people more than necessary in a lot of ways contradicts his role as CEO.

[hanspeter]

You can't say so without looking at the bottom line. Henry Ford did the same and it worked out quite well for the company.

[pm24601]

That's his call on what's best for his company.

[PhasmaFelis]

I could point out, as others have, that he knows better than you do what's "best for the company"; that people who are under financial stress have been proven to be significantly worse at intellectual tasks; that by erasing his employees' worries about rent and student loans and feeding the kids, he could be dramatically increasing their productivity and thus improving the company's bottom line in the long run.

But I shouldn't have to do that, because I shouldn't have to make an economic argument for being a decent human being. I mean, Jesus Christ, come on.