I always tried to help people understand why some people make the big money.
Do you know why a man gets paid a large sum of money when the company is losing money? Contract! Just like you work under. Except his is a performance based contract, before you choke, I understand that you also perform, but, lets say the Board agrees to pay said man $5,000,000 Bonous if he can inprove costs per mile of linehaul, and he does, but at the same time many factors come in to play and you face a cut in your hourly wage, you still expect your rate of pay plus your breaks, which you get, just as he gets per his contract. A lot of the time people say we are getting screwed over, and that may be, but we also need to try understand as much as we can as how it is happening, and then protect ourselves. I hope this clears up why a CEO's pay check is a mute factor, as the "BOARD" is who you need to worry about!
Thank you,
Chuck