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Is money prestige? A first year Google employee has a higher salary than the Pope. Does he have more prestige?
by sbierwagen 6y ago
Is money prestige? A first year Google employee has a higher salary than the Pope. Does he have more prestige?
- lotsofpulp 6y agoThe purpose of comparing compensation (and compensation per hour, and mortality/morbidity risk, and volatility of future income) between two people is to evaluate their standard and security of living. Therefore, I don't understand the purpose of comparing the nominal pay of someone that might earn modest cash income, but has untold assets and personnel at their disposal.
- goldenManatee 6y agoPrestige: Holy See, Bishop of Rome, Saint Peter’s Rock, old Emperor of Holy Roman Empire. Contacts of world leaders and decision makers at disposal. Doing pretty good but not as prestigious as the Pope: the tech working class.
- Der_Einzige 6y agoNot much of a "working class" in places like Microsoft, Intel or Google where half of your comp is the extremely good WLB. Come on, it's an open secret that a significant minority at these companies do the minimum amount of work possible to keep their jobs. Usual this minimum amount of work is around the realm of one or two hours.
- Infinitesimus 6y agoSalary is a poor proxy for financial power. The Pope has access to centuries of catholic church wealth and all the doors that open for you. Working class people are not in the same league. Within a given class of people, access to money is a decent proxy but it doesn't scale across groups.