90 Cents of Every 'Pay-For-Performance' Dollar for CEOs Are Paid for Luck
Excellent points in this article - another factor is they are often paid outrageous base salaries (plus options) for the success of a company, when the success of that company can often be in spite of the CEO, coming from within, and embodied equally by all of the collective employees.<p>Executive comp is a major racket, enforced by the standard that this is "what the market average is". Which is set by executives overpaying themselves.<p>Ask yourself if your CEO is really working 100x as hard as you, or 100x smarter than you. The answer is usually a definite no.  I'd really like to see more fair pay in this area and a culture that treats contributions of all employees more equally.