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Why shouldn't they at least be capable of making that much? I'm not saying all, but some, sure, why not? Friend of mine leads a team that has a 30 million doll

Why shouldn't they at least be capable of making that much? I'm not saying all, but some, sure, why not? Friend of mine leads a team that has a 30 million dollar contract with a government client. It's a team of 5 or 6 I believe. He's paid I think about 110K a year. Personally, I wouldn't be okay with that. Also, sales staff make commission on all their sales. They're paid based on how much business they bring in. I believe that as engineers retain business and help businesses grow and make more, they should be compensated accordingly.

Nicholas_C 11y ago
>Why shouldn't they at least be capable of making that much? I'm not saying all, but some, sure, why not? I'm not saying anyone should or shouldn't be making any amount. I am saying that it doesn't make economic sense to pay an engineer millions when you can pay another $150k to do the same job with some productivity loss. If I ran a company and I thought an engineer added a large amount of value relative to other engineers in the labor market you bet I would pay him/her an astounding sum of money, but only up to the point it made economic sense. >Friend of mine leads a team that has a 30 million dollar contract with a government client. It's a team of 5 or 6 I believe. He's paid I think about 110K a year. Personally, I wouldn't be okay with that. So how much do you think they should be paid? $300k? $500k? Why would an employer pay them that much when they could hire another engineer for $110k and experience some productivity loss?