U.S. Executives now earn 312 times the worker's wages.....

[VenomJockey]

https://www.theguardian.com/busines...er-wage-american-companies-pay-gap-study-2018

Excerpt: "The chief executives of America’s top 350 companies earned 312 times more than their workers on average last year, according to a new report published Thursday by the Economic Policy Institute.
The rise came after the bosses of America’s largest companies got an average pay rise of 17.6% in 2017, taking home an average of $18.9m in compensation while their employees’ wages stalled, rising just 0.3% over the year."

 

[TexasFreedom]

One more reason I tell everyone that if they want to make money, they need to own their own company. But nobody is forcing people to work for these companies with these executive salaries. It doesn't matter what the execs get paid, what matters is what YOUR salary is. If you're not satisfied with it, go somewhere else where they will pay you more or start your own company. If you can't make more elsewhere, then be glad you have this salary.

I'm not justifying paying 312 times more. But I'm not going to whine about it.

 

[Maverick]

Glad I never fret over the class envy thing, only the left and guardian rag would complain about people doing better than they are. Pathetic really!

 

[Mountain trapper]

Thats great. It never bothered me to make more than the average worker. Nor did it bother me that others made more than I did.
It's just good incentive for a person to work hard and do the best that they can.

 

[tmttactical]

We all start out at the bottom (trust fund kids excluded) but it is our choice where we go from there. Poor attitudes equal poor lives.

 

[Dani]

I'm not at the top but I'm not at the bottom either. As long as I continue getting my yearly review with an "exceeds expectation" I am perfectly happy.

There is a reason those big dogs get the pay they do and I am at a point in my life where I am content and don't need or want that kind of stress.

 

[user 7704]

I have no problem with how much money someone who worked hard and made a company from the ground up makes.

They did the hard part and are giving others a chance to make a living. I'm okay with that.

 

[Squirtgunsquirter]

Are they 312 times happier than me?

Honestly, until I see it brought up, it's not something I fret about.

 

[Psalm7]

I never envy what others make . Iv worked hard to get promoted to a leadership position that makes a good wage for the Mid South . Its tough sometimes but I keep on keeping on .
If you want what the boss makes work hard , campaign and become the boss .

 

[Kootenay prepper]

Most big company’s the bosses make way more but they also have a lot more risk in their position. When the company stops being productive they are usually the one the shareholders will look at possibly replacing.
I just put my head down and work hard and it has paid off with a paid millwright apprenticeship with piles of specialized tools paid for about 60k when everything is all done. When you worry about your own work ethic more then what others are making and put in the effort people notice.

 

[Squirtgunsquirter]

60k!?

I'm a 16 year journeyman millwright, went through the apprenticeship in Iowa...

Are you counting your new truck? Did you buy your own optalign? WTH, man?

My Starret master levels, a nice Wright USA made hand tools set, a Jackson hood, all of it came in under 5k. I didn't go the job box route, just a few boxes and a metal 5 gallon bucket, and a handcart. Never had a problem with not enough tools.

Man. 60k.

I'm gobsmacked.

 

[Kootenay prepper]

Full apprenticeship schooling and all the specialized tooling they are paying for equals around that

 

[Kootenay prepper]

Everything is ridiculously overpriced up here when the Canadian dollar was better I used to buy all my tools for home south of the border.