Prince Harry’s $1 Million Salary at BetterUp Under Threat as US Funding Faces Cuts
It looks like the gravy train fueling Prince Harry’s cushy $1 million salary at BetterUp might finally be running out of steam. Thanks to efforts by Elon Musk and Donald Trump to curb wasteful and fraudulent spending of American taxpayer dollars, the funding BetterUp has been receiving from the U.S. federal agency USAID could be on the chopping block.
Since 2019, BetterUp has reportedly raked in a staggering $29 million in taxpayer money. Now, it seems the party might be over—and to be honest, it couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch. If you’ve ever wondered where your tax dollars are going, just take a look at BetterUp and Harry’s million-dollar paycheck. It’s enough to make your blood boil.
The company claims to focus on mental well-being and unlocking human potential, but according to whistleblowers, it’s more like a toxic workplace where employees are overworked and undervalued—completely at odds with its supposed mission.
Can you believe this? Harry, the same guy who once called the First Amendment “bonkers,” is pocketing a cool $1 million a year from BetterUp, a company supposedly dedicated to mental health. How does a guy who doesn’t even live in the U.S. justify a paycheck like that? And let’s not ignore the irony: he’s helping people with their mental health while his own employees are allegedly subjected to a toxic work environment.
Is this what happens when you mix celebrity with corporate responsibility? If so, we need to stop mixing the two.
But Harry isn’t the only one benefiting from this arrangement. BetterUp’s internal culture is far from the supportive, empowering environment you’d expect from a company that claims to unlock human potential. Instead, it’s described as a pressure cooker where employees are pushed to the brink to meet impossible targets, only to be left feeling overworked and undervalued. One disgruntled ex-employee didn’t hold back, calling the workplace a “toxic train wreck.”
This is the same company that’s supposed to be offering mental well-being services to businesses. Meanwhile, Americans are dealing with real crises—hurricanes, wildfires, and homelessness. Instead of helping those hit hardest by disasters in the South or Hawaii, or addressing the homelessness crisis in California, your hard-earned tax dollars are being funneled into this corporate dumpster fire.
While Harry enjoys his cushy lifestyle in the U.S., funded by a million-dollar paycheck, BetterUp’s workplace is allegedly anything but supportive of its employees’ mental health. Maybe Harry should take a page out of his company’s playbook and start practicing what they preach.
BetterUp wasn’t just paying Harry to talk about trauma with Nigerian schoolchildren—it was doing it with your tax dollars. That’s right, money from the U.S. government went into Harry’s bank account while he played the role of Chief Impact Officer, with zero transparency about what he actually does. But hey, he’s the perfect face for a company like this: he’s royal, he’s famous, and now it seems he’s living large off American taxpayers’ backs.
In the end, this whole mess is a glaring example of how money can be misallocated while those who need it most get the short end of the stick. Here’s hoping the efforts to cut this wasteful funding succeed. BetterUp, you’re officially on the chopping block. And Harry? It’s time to stop living off the American taxpayer. We’ve got enough to deal with without funding your royal grifting.
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