Thanks @Franklin and @Tritium for bringing more arguments and clarity to this discussion.
It seems the maxis are unanimous about Tritium deserving this high pay which is reassuring, but I do have to agree with Franklin’s points about the signal/message that receiving and locking BAL as opposed to liquid compensation (BAL or USDC) sends.
DAOs are all about long-term alignment of incentives: I wish more SPs were to request funding in the form of BAL they are going to max lock, which has been a great example the maxis have been giving since their beginning.
In the discussion this point was lost:
IMO we as a DAO should experiment with this idea. It’s a very complicated and hard topic but in a bear market where the DAO treasury (considering all tokens including BAL) has almost never been so low and uncertain times are still ahead, we have to be as controlled as possible with expenses. Maybe that’s something related to your work with the treasury @Xeonus? That committee would also require HR skills if anyone here has experience and could help out that’d be great 