This! This needs to be first!!! A bunch of entitled people, that always complain about how "hard work" it is being an influencer, but never ACTUALLY worked a day in their lives and expect everyone to treat them like royalty!!! I hate influencers with a fierce passion!!!!

And said Jesus unto them: "Thou shallt build megachurches and relieve mine believers of their money. Also, thou shallt have seizures in front of the audience and speak in tongues, which is actually just gibberish."

Most execs have "golden parachutes"... written agreement to major salary even if they quit or are fired. I had a job with CEO turnover roughly every 2 years. Every one of those execs had a guaranteed 10yr salary. Screwed up for 2 years and got paid for 10!!

Tisn't capitalism just swell? 🤗

Hey BP, is it that hard to find a picture of the congressional chambers?

College sports in the USA are absolutely wild to me. The highest paid 'educator' at most colleges is probably not the Dean - it's the football coach. They get huge crowds though, so the coach arguably generates the most income too.

everybody connected to college sports makes huge money. Except the players actually playing the sport. They get zilch (except, maybe, a discount on their college fees & tuition).

Most of the coaches salary is paid by the boosters.

TBF, you used the very worst example that college football has to offer. Those numbers are insane even for CFB. A&M throwing oil money around does not represent an average salary by any means. Most buyouts are not this ludicrous. But many are still crazy high numbers. Once you're spending millions upon millions for someone not to work for you anymore, the exact numbers don't matter much at that point.

duplicate post. c'mon.....

I don't think so. Compared to any big company politicians are paid way less. Our Chancelor in Germany has a monthly salary of around 30K€. Which is much less than any "big CEO", actor or sports star. And that guy's running our country. Similar to the US president.

I take issue with the funeral industry part of this. No one needs to get married, but everyone will die. And most people don't want to deal with bodies themselves. Therefore, we have funeral homes and burial societies. It's also important to ensure that diseases don't spread. Very important work that not everyone could do.

Pro athletes are pay based on the revenue they generate for the club, so In a way they paid accordingly to it, we should be paid the same way

I initially read that as "120% overpaid" and was about to fire off a rude response when a second glance corrected me. Then again, is 1200% high enough?

The whole college sports scene in the US is absolutely bizarre. It's more like sports teams that have a school attached then the other way round.

I still know what that word is. Putting stars on it didn't protect anybody from any kind of harm from knowing what the word is. Stop being asinine.

How about the Denver Nuggets mascot, Rocky? He makes 625,000 a year!

During a recession, years ago, the teachers were being told there was no money in the district to raise pay. We got like a 2% raise over a three year contract. Meanwhile, the administrators got like a 14% pay raise. Totally absurd!

Try to buy or sell a property without a realtor and you will quickly find out just how much you don't know.

When you have a union, it's amazing how responsive HR can become.

Most actors don't earn millions.

They serve their purpose. I once worked for a telecommunications company subsidiary that had to lay off people and slim down. And as none of the CEO, CFO, CTO and board of directors wanted to be blamed, they hired consultants. Because then they were able to say: "Look, not what we want, but the experts have a clear professional opinion. so we are doing that." I know, because I worked closely for the CEO. And yeah, I know what that expert opinion did cost us. Redicilous.

What do superintendents do? They mostly have unforgettable luncheons that involve steamed hams and sudden indoor manifestations of aurora borealis.

The British royal family is invaluable in its role of discouraging monarchy in other countries.

That really depends on the situation and workplace. Huge law firm with prestigious clients? Yeah, there's money to be made there. Small town lawyer in a one man office? Not so much

I switched from being a consultant to being an employee basically doing the same thing because I couldn't justify for myself that someone should pay +$1000/day for my services. And being asked to drag a project so the company could keep invoicing.

so you had a bad agent and then blamed her for wanting to get paid. meh. We have a wonderful agent and are happy to give her the commission that she earned repeatedly through multiple home sales and purchases.

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BP censor.

billionaires usually don't become billionaires with a salary.

Lol

Hey, someone has to do it. ;) It's actually WAY more complicated than that, but I like to joke that my job mostly consists of writing and sending email.

duplicate post... c'mon again.