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From: drogers@riacs.edu (David Rogers)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: lotus chairman makes 26 million
Message-ID: <785@hydra.riacs.edu>
Date: 29 Apr 88 02:13:07 GMT
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Reply-To: drogers@hydra.riacs.edu.UUCP (David Rogers)
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`Too much money' is better defined as what is healthy for the 
corporation, not the individual.  Look at Japanese firms,
where the wage differential between the highest and lowest paid
workers is around 6-8, and American firms, where the differential
is 100-1000. No wonder why Japanese workers feel more like they are
`in the same pot' with their management than do American workers.  

If fair compensation is whatever the market will bear, then maybe
some American executive salaries ARE more than the market can bear. 
If American workers are being asked to accept Japanese-style work
rules, maybe American executives should be asked to accept 
Japanese-style compensation rules!

David Rogers
drogers@riacs.edu