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Originally Posted by MindBomber
Return to what?
A low paying dead end job, because being a mindless bitch doesn't exactly develop marketable skills. I wouldn't hire someone who spent two years in the oil sands because they're greedy and were willing to do anything for a high short term income, someone who spent a few years developing skills would be a much better candidate for any position at any level.
In reality, this movement isn't about people expecting to make a high income at a entry level position, it's about the pay differential between rich and poor. Nothing should make the CEO of a company entitled to 475 times the average income of the employees of the same company, a person should simply be entitled to a liveable wage at all income levels and in any region.
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This comment is in reference to what you said about the movement itself, but I think lots of people make comparisons to CEO salaries, but not as often about athletes who make millions themselves. If you are OK with athletes making tons of $, what difference is it if its a CEO? They both have "talents", except one is in his ability to run a company.
CEOs make crucial decisions that can affect the profitability of companies in the millions, can the average worker do this? I wouldn't bet on it. Good CEOs are constantly head hunted by other firms (which partly explains why you need to give them incentives to stay). They also tend to have professional degrees (at the minimum an undergrad, lots have MBAs and some have an LLB as well) and work extremely long hours compared to the average worker. Essentially, work becomes life. Is the average worker willing to do this? At the end of the day, the CEO is still an employee. What about people that actually own the companies and make much much more? If a CEO made 20 million a year (some make much more in stock options, some make as little as a few hundred thousand), and there was a cap, it still does not mean the $ goes to the workers, it just sits in the company coffers or goes to investors in the form of dividends.