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Andy Edser

Microsoft CEO's new $79.1 million pay package represents a massive 63% increase despite a year of layoffs and cybersecurity failures

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaking on stage.

If you've had a rather good year in your current employment, it's reasonable to expect that you might receive a bump in your pay package to reflect all that hard work. And if things have been going less than ideally, well, you'd probably expect to be paid the same, or perhaps even have your role reappraised.

Not so at Microsoft it seems, as despite a year of layoffs and highly public security incidents, head honcho Satya Nadella has received a whopping 63% increase in his pay package compared to the previous year.

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