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> All of the VP's, CEO's, etc According to one theory, if you overpay the guy at the top, it makes all the underlings work harder to try and climb up that grea
by ForHackernews 7y ago
> All of the VP's, CEO's, etc
According to one theory, if you overpay the guy at the top, it makes all the underlings work harder to try and climb up that greasy pole. The more grossly and obviously overpaid that top guy is, the more desirable it is to try and somehow work your way to his position.
- mcv 7y agoAccording to another theory, it's demotivating for the underlings because they know they're not getting paid fairly.