TIL Google gives upwards of $100 million bonuses and Larry Page calls it "start-up-like compensation"!
> Q: You would not have approved of a bonus of over $100 million if he hadn't made a significant. Can we agree on that?
> A: I guess I'm questioning -- what is the purpose of that question? No one decided to pay me billions of dollars.
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>Q: Did you ever express concern to anyone that the bonus was too high that was being paid to Mr. Levandowski?
>A: Well, as I kind of just stated, I think that's -- I've stated we were focused on getting a start-up-like compensation system. And start-ups pay people a lot of money if they do something significant -- if the start-up does something significant.
> Q: You would not have approved of a bonus of over $100 million if he hadn't made a significant. Can we agree on that?
> A: I guess I'm questioning -- what is the purpose of that question? No one decided to pay me billions of dollars.
[...]
>Q: Did you ever express concern to anyone that the bonus was too high that was being paid to Mr. Levandowski?
>A: Well, as I kind of just stated, I think that's -- I've stated we were focused on getting a start-up-like compensation system. And start-ups pay people a lot of money if they do something significant -- if the start-up does something significant.