40% is fine
i don't have a problem with that. and i agree with most of what you say re any income.

but 60% is demotivating. who would want to work that hard when they are giving 2/3's of it away?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 May 2014, 15:54, 1 reply, 11 years ago)

Exactly how much harder does someone earning £500,000 work than someone earning £35,000?
I imagine they probably sit in an office, probably a nicer office, and have someone to bring them coffee, probably nicer coffee too.

The job they do may be judged to be worth that much more, but what are they actually doing that is so much harder that it deserves a near exponentially greater (I'm being figurative here) degree of reward?
(Bazongaloid, Thu 15 May 2014, 16:02, Reply)

It's more to do with the level of responsibility the job carries, be that responsibility for securely employing others, shareholder return etc.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 15 May 2014, 16:04, Reply)

it's not just about working hard, and you know it, although that is a part of it
you get paid for your skills too. not everyone can be a brain surgeon. that is why the top consultants earn so much money.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 May 2014, 16:07, Reply)

They do, they earn very high salaries and pay a reasonable proportion of that back in tax
What they have left allows them to live a very nice lifestyle, not rich beyond the dreams of avarice, but very comfortable and without many worries, assuming they don't have gambling habits or crack addictions.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 15 May 2014, 16:11, Reply)

crack £10 salad
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 15 May 2014, 16:18, Reply)