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Re:90 Cents of Every 'Pay-For-Performance' Dollar for CEOs A... by ErikAugust on Friday September 30, 2016 @12:22PM (#12613415)
"The high compensation is in exchange for the risk of the job and the low probability of finding a new one."

This is not how things work, either.

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Re:90 Cents of Every 'Pay-For-Performance' Dollar for CEOs A... by cmdrfred on Friday September 30, 2016 @01:29PM (#12613839)
Anything that seemingly violates supply and demand is a scam. Another way to say "The jobs are too few" is to say "The CEO's are too many"
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Re:90 Cents of Every 'Pay-For-Performance' Dollar for CEOs A... by __jal on Friday September 30, 2016 @01:55PM (#12614051)
Yes. And if there are more CEOs than available gigs, why are salaries not going down?

Executive compensation has a nasty ratchet effect built in that I'm really surprised more shareholders aren't fighting.

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