As others have said, tons of people work harder than me but make less than me. My wife works at least as hard as I do for less pay. It's less about how hard y

As others have said, tons of people work harder than me but make less than me. My wife works at least as hard as I do for less pay. It's less about how hard you work and more about what you know. But sometimes it's even less than that -- it's about perceived value rather than actual value. You could lose an important secretary and the business might lose a lot of money but often that isn't perceived like that.