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Kirby64 on Aug 13, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: National Instruments acquired by Emerson (2023)

The cost of their hardware and software is unrelated to the salaries they pay their employees.

Rinzler89 on Aug 14, 2024 [–]

That goes for every business. Their purpose is to increase shareholder value, not employee wages. The last part only happens due to market dynamics forcing them to, but they'd gladly pay engineers minimum wage if they could.

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