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> that exec could potentially take other roles that pay even more

If he would do that, maybe better leadership would improve Mozillas situation.

Raising the salary shows that the organization is happy with this leadership.

No, because the group that decides on raising the salary is not a shareholder meeting or something like that, but the same people who get that salary. See Mozilla's bylaws: https://static.mozilla.com/foundation/documents/mf-bylaws.pd...

No it shows that the leadership is happy with their leadership.

She, looks like Mitchell Baker is back as CEO as of earlier this year.