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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maroosha Muzaffar

Anger as Salesforce ‘paying Matthew McConaughey $10m a year for creative advice’ as it lays off hundreds

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Salesforce, San Francisco’s largest private employer that recently laid off 8000 employees, has reportedly been paying Matthew McConaughey $10m a year to serve as a creative adviser and TV consultant.

The payments to McConaughey, estimated at about $160m so far, were called out by the Wall Street Journal and come at a time when the company has laid off employees and cut back on monthly off days.

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