The Messenger, a startup news site, is facing criticism after it was revealed that its Editor-in-Chief was earning a salary of $900,000 per year. This revelation has sparked outrage as the company laid off employees without severance, leading to concerns about the disparity between executive compensation and treatment of workers in the media industry.
The Messenger's Editor in Chief was making $900,000 a year. Absolutely insane salary in media, and a disgrace when you then see the company refuse to pay workers severance or give them Cobra to help them through the transition to (hoefully) another job. https://t.co/MUKjKLCBVq
Imagine being laid off with $0 severance and learning that your editor in chief had a roughly $900,000 salary https://t.co/i2PVXthQVI
Imagine being laid off with $0 severance and learning that you editor in chief had a roughly $900,000 salary https://t.co/i2PVXthQVI
$900,000 for an editor-in-chief of a startup news site is akin to highway robbery. https://t.co/BOk2nzmNe4
This makes it nearly impossible for those journalists to find new jobs, because journalism runs on "clips," which are news stories with a reporter's visible byline. Just a complete disaster. The executives behind The Messenger are a disgrace. https://t.co/sKSUSMpR8A