CEO: We need to cut costs.
Accountant: Okay. We paid you $50 million last year. We spent $10 million on your private jet flights and luxury hotel accommodations. For some reason you are being paid $1 million for this 45 minute meeting.
CEO: I see. Who's that in the hallway?
Accountant: That's Greg. He is the only thing keeping this company from falling apart. We pay him in nickels and Grubhub gift cards.
CEO: Fire Greg.
@freemo @lowqualityfacts Then perhaps you can explane to us why all CEOs of big companies are so happy to cut back wages of employees?
Your reasoning works both ways, is it?
@sergeant
For the same reason sometimes CEOs pay gets cut.. amazon's CEO went from double digit millions to single digits.
The wages are cut back because the market allows it (supply is too high, economy is poor so there is less competition for work). No one is claiming CEO pay or worker pay cant change, it can and does as market pressures allow.
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