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Bullitt · 04-21-2009, 06:36 AM

The "6 times" was off the top of my head, can't give you precise wage statistics because I don't work for them anymore I'm in college. But the fact remains that he makes many times more than the average employee, but he does the work and has the responsibilities to deserve high pay as such.

You can call him whatever you want, executive or not doesn't matter one lick to me. I used the term executive because it is often thrown out there as a blanket label of highly paid white-collar professionals. I know what his job entails and he is a key part of determining the direction of the company, directing people and resources, making decisions that greatly affect the future of the company, not some goofball salesman in a plaid suit pitching ideas to a board. That's the way this company is structured, he manages a number of salespeople, market research folks, product prototype developers, etc., and uses these resources in collusion with other "executives" or whatever you want to call them, to make decisions about how the company should be run and where it is going. The point is, he is an example of a white-collar worker whose salary, purely due to it's size, is something of a target by people with an obsession to demonize anyone associated with those at or near the top of a large company. Lower vs. higher class, haves and have not's, however one wants to phrase it that is how these people see this wage disparity and wish to impose artificial caps on large salaries just because they are large.

"Who cares about what it takes to steer the direction of an international, multimillion-dollar company, can't be as hard as those suits who are off in Cabo/Greece/Napa Valley say it is". These people don't fully appreciate the responsibility that comes with many higher positions in large companies like my father's, and thus large salaries, because they have been jaded by the "robber barons" of the past and the Fannie Mae's of today. Pick apart the details of what I'm saying as much as you want, but that's what it boils down to: an over generalization of white-collar workers in upper division, high paying positions within large companies that none of them deserve to make what they do.

Simple as that.

04-21-2009, 06:36 AM	#3
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	The "6 times" was off the top of my head, can't give you precise wage statistics because I don't work for them anymore I'm in college. But the fact remains that he makes many times more than the average employee, but he does the work and has the responsibilities to deserve high pay as such. You can call him whatever you want, executive or not doesn't matter one lick to me. I used the term executive because it is often thrown out there as a blanket label of highly paid white-collar professionals. I know what his job entails and he is a key part of determining the direction of the company, directing people and resources, making decisions that greatly affect the future of the company, not some goofball salesman in a plaid suit pitching ideas to a board. That's the way this company is structured, he manages a number of salespeople, market research folks, product prototype developers, etc., and uses these resources in collusion with other "executives" or whatever you want to call them, to make decisions about how the company should be run and where it is going. The point is, he is an example of a white-collar worker whose salary, purely due to it's size, is something of a target by people with an obsession to demonize anyone associated with those at or near the top of a large company. Lower vs. higher class, haves and have not's, however one wants to phrase it that is how these people see this wage disparity and wish to impose artificial caps on large salaries just because they are large. "Who cares about what it takes to steer the direction of an international, multimillion-dollar company, can't be as hard as those suits who are off in Cabo/Greece/Napa Valley say it is". These people don't fully appreciate the responsibility that comes with many higher positions in large companies like my father's, and thus large salaries, because they have been jaded by the "robber barons" of the past and the Fannie Mae's of today. Pick apart the details of what I'm saying as much as you want, but that's what it boils down to: an over generalization of white-collar workers in upper division, high paying positions within large companies that none of them deserve to make what they do. Simple as that. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass. Last edited by Bullitt; 04-21-2009 at 06:41 AM.