Top Executives Average 23% Raise Over Last Year, Average Salary of 10.2 Million

[MMC]

I guess for me it is much simpler.....I own a buisness and have some people who have worked for me over 5 yrs with part time jobs. Some we moved to full-time. Yet either way my partner. and I take care of our employees. Even if we were to go out of buisness. We would take care of those who have become like family to one another. No matter what.

We are talking about people who have given their livelihoods to another, and vice-versa. Shared their families time together. Good and bad. So we cannot allow others to give all without us doing so too. Righteousness comes from the beginning.

[Conley]

I guess for me it is much simpler.....I own a buisness and have some people who have worked for me over 5 yrs with part time jobs. Some we moved to full-time. Yet either way my partner. and I take care of our employees. Even if we were to go out of buisness. We would take care of those who have become like family to one another. No matter what.

We are talking about people who have given their livelihoods to another, and vice-versa. Shared their families time together. Good and bad. So we cannot allow others to give all without us doing so too. Righteousness comes from the beginning.

This is noble of you. Is it reasonable to expect that other businesses would do the same? What if they do not? I fear that this is the exception, not the rule. I also believe the larger the company, the lesser the influence on 'family of employees' and more likely they are to only look at the bottom line. Some on this board believe that is right, fair, and just. So I am wondering if those people who think business should be only about profit have room in their world view for some sort of assistance for those that end up laid off. Or do they feel strongly that it is the workers' own fault that they are no longer employed, and that they should suffer with nothing as a result.

[MMC]

The only other aspect would be as to what is in man's nature. For we do know man is the only creature out to screw over their own kind.



D.H. Lawerence's Poem on Self-Pity says it all..... :-\

[spunkloaf]

I guess for me it is much simpler.....I own a buisness and have some people who have worked for me over 5 yrs with part time jobs. Some we moved to full-time. Yet either way my partner. and I take care of our employees. Even if we were to go out of buisness. We would take care of those who have become like family to one another. No matter what.

We are talking about people who have given their livelihoods to another, and vice-versa. Shared their families time together. Good and bad. So we cannot allow others to give all without us doing so too. Righteousness comes from the beginning.

I also agree that's noble of you. But when hard times approach and the money stops flowing, who do you get rid of?

[MMC]

The part time employees who are not looking to keep the job. If we have to shut down and go out of buisness.

[Captain Obvious]

Want a 23% increase? Go be a CEO.

Nothing stopping you.

actually...that is not a possibility for most of us.

Bull$#@!.

[Conley]

Want a 23% increase? Go be a CEO.

Nothing stopping you.

actually...that is not a possibility for most of us.

Bull$#@!.

is that all you have to say?

not trying to piss you off, it'd just be nice to actually exchange ideas and continue the thread...

[Mister D]

I think I understand where Captain O is going with this. I'm just going to say that I've learned to be content. I get such a sense of peace and contentment from my religion that I'm sorry I didn't rediscover it until only a few years ago. That's not to say I'd be happy to be poor. I wouldn't be but the I've come to realize that making a lot of money just isn't what I want out of life. For most of us, that takes real commitment that I'm just not willing to make. There are more important things in my life. I don't know...just my two bits.

[Captain Obvious]

Want a 23% increase? Go be a CEO.

Nothing stopping you.

actually...that is not a possibility for most of us.

Bull$#@!.

is that all you have to say?

not trying to piss you off, it'd just be nice to actually exchange ideas and continue the thread...

I thought it was quite to the point.

I don't see a lot of value shooting down people who have made a success out of their careers. I applaud it, it's what makes this country great. You can be whatever you want to be.

If you want to be a CEO - go be a CEO. It requires hard work and a lengthy education. If you don't want to be one, fine. Be what you want to be, but being jealous or spiteful of those who are is a little pathetic.

Hard core socialism suggests that we're all equal and that we should be happy being just a cog in the wheel. We all know that our values aren't based in that kind of ideology, so I just don't understand why we tear down what makes us great.

[Conley]

I don't think it's really jealous or spiteful to be concerned about people losing their jobs. Maybe you have already read the whole thread, I was curious what you thought about a safety net.

Do you think that CEOs in the last decade are that much greater than their predecessors, who earned a far smaller percentage relative to their company's net worth? That they deserve to be compensated orders of magnitude greater, even if their companies lose money and the common stock loses value? Are you against all worker protection, because you consider that socialism? Just a few of my questions. ;D