Overview

• Google CEO Sundar Pichai received a $226 million pay package last year, mostly through stock awards.
• Google has been eliminating jobs and cutting costs in response to slowing revenue growth.
• Google employees have criticized Pichai for taking a large pay raise while reducing costs elsewhere, including layoffs, pay cuts and the shuttering of internal projects.
• Memes mocking Pichai's pay and decisions have spread on Google's internal messaging platforms.
• Some employees have compared Pichai unfavorably to other CEOs who have taken pay cuts during periods of corporate belt-tightening.