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[–] [email protected] 100 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Operating Revenue: 33,723,297,000

Cost of Revenue: 19,715,368,000

Gross Profit: 14,007,929,000

Operating Expense: 7,053,926,000

Operating Income: 6,954,003,000

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I like dividing net profit by total employees in 2022 they could pay everyone $350k extra that year.

4.49bil/12800

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

won't somebody think of the ~~parasites~~ shareholders‽

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

All we can do is 50k and some fruits in the office.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Maybe 3.5k and a pizza party.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

And a pizza party at the end of the year!

Note: Pizza will count as a taxable benefit in kind.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Our profits may be obscene, but they're not obscene enough! How could these evil pirates ever do this to us?"

[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The constant growth aspect of capitalism means that profits are never obscene enough for any business.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hmmmmm it's almost like growing infinitely large is not sustainable. Who would have thought?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What a communist thing to say. Are you a communist? Why do you hate freedom?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Communism is when you don't convert all resources in the universe to large digital numbers