There is currently a lot of rhetoric about how CEOs, or whoever, should be paid ludicrously high salaries, plus large bonuses and shouldn't be taxed too heavily because they will leave the country or some shit.
It's the same principle.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 3 Feb 2014, 10:19, 2 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

BOLLOCKS.
It is nothing like the same principle.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 3 Feb 2014, 10:20, Reply)

I want more and I am prepared to use whatever means of blackmail available to me in order to get it
How is it not the same?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 3 Feb 2014, 10:24, Reply)

If a CEO tried that, they'd be fired & replaced - the shareholders wouldn't stand for it.
Most boards have a sub-board committee to address the pay of their senior management. Pay recommendations wouldn't get through the board if the shareholders weren't happy.

Quite frankly, if you're the CEO of a major business that employs thousands & delivers millions in shareholder value you deserve a high salary for having the responsibility.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 3 Feb 2014, 10:27, Reply)

So they never negotiate for increased pay or benefits?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 3 Feb 2014, 10:34, Reply)

Of course they do, but shareholder approval has to be given.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 3 Feb 2014, 10:36, Reply)

So what is your point?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 3 Feb 2014, 10:38, Reply)

That you are a prick, at a guess.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 3 Feb 2014, 10:39, Reply)

That is not in question here.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 3 Feb 2014, 10:48, Reply)

My point is that it is not 'the same principle' as you put it.
CEOs don't hold their customers to ransom to get a pay increase.

Tube drivers do.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 3 Feb 2014, 10:40, Reply)

CEOs say that unless they pay enormous salaries then the shareholders will all lose their money
and given that we're not talking about a few people on the street who own the shares, we are in fact talking about pensions compnaies who own the majority of shares so actually we're talking about a big boys club who all slap each others backs and give each other pay rises.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 3 Feb 2014, 10:42, Reply)

His point is that he doesn't have a fucking clue how this is different

(Bazongaloid, Mon 3 Feb 2014, 10:41, Reply)

That has absolutely nothing to do with cunts who say "give us more money or London doesn't move"

( Peej, Mon 3 Feb 2014, 10:21, Reply)

I thought this strike wasn't about pay?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 3 Feb 2014, 10:22, Reply)