Quote Originally Posted by Jeffrey Lebowski View Post
It amazes me that society (not anyone in particular) is so bothered by CEO pay. This was a huge issue for those occupy dead-weighters and definitely for journalists.
These same people are OK with pop-stars, entertainers, athletes making WAY more than CEOs, but it is the CEOs who are evil.

We used to celebrate success in this country, now we demonize it. You have to pay for talent. Not everyone can run a huge company which has so many stakeholders, such as tons of employees, contractors, supply chain partners, tons of customers, possibly press, and certainly investors/shareholders to all answer to. This isn't a job anyone can do or that we should all get to "take turns" at. $0.02 Success with that much leverage and pressure should be highly rewarded. Just MHO, of course.
Yup, pretty much. For me, I don't want to be the CEO of a major corp because of all the work it entails. I'd rather take a lower paying job that allows me freedoms in my life outside of work. I'd hate to be tied to my email/cell phone 24/7.