Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

Some of you guys still don't seem to understand the difference between volunteer mods that are here to keep the site maintained, and company-appointed employees that simply have the privileges of moderators in order to carry out their specific duties as dictated by the company.

It's two separate things. You don't see Yac policing the forums and handing out infractions... he has a specific appointed position from the company. Same as Jay. It's not a matter of deserving the position all of the rest of us mods get when we choose one of the community members for the position.
If some of you understood that, you may not feel as though some great injustice was done.