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Almost 100,000 Google employees are about to get a hard-fought $20 (www.sfgate.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Almost 100,000 Google employees are about to get a hard-fought $20::Google has agreed to pay out $27 million in a settlement, but the 96,939 involved workers will only take home around $45 each.

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[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What kind of math is this? They will get $20, but actually $45?

[–] silly_apples@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

From the article

“ That’s about $45 each on average, the lawsuit notes. The actual individual payments will be calculated based on the employee’s tenure with the company, but each one will receive at least a fixed payment of $20, with an additional $22 to $59 tacked on for many.”

The average dollar amount per employee and the amount each employee will actual be paid are not the same.

[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thanks! It’s still peanuts either way, but it’s weird they still tried to spin it like everyone got $20 when many seemed to get more than double that.

[–] isthingoneventhis@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Mm they didn't really spin it though? It's a flat increase to 20$ with tenure tacked on, which is case by case. The person you replied to directly quoted from the article.