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echo: barktopus
to: Mark
from: Tony Williams
date: 2006-01-03 12:38:46
subject: Re: Merry

From: Tony Williams 

Mark wrote:
> "Ellen K."  wrote in message
> news:nm0kr19p93b243egjcu6c9l32r6poduupu{at}4ax.com...
>
>>What do you think is a fair ratio of CEO pay to the lowest-paid folks in
>>a company?
>
>
> Based on his desired outcome I'd imagine Tony would go with 1:1, we're all
> equal communists after all.

I'm interested to know what you consider my desired outcome.

> A scenario occurs to me though, I think up an idea, let's say a
"pet rock" I
> hire my next door neighbor's kid to go collect rocks for five cents apiece,
> then I hire my other next door neighbor's kid to assemble boxes to put the
> rocks in for five cents apiece. Both kids were busy playing video games and
> were ecstatic at having an opportunity to make a few nickels for not doing
> very much -- happy, happy, joy, joy for them.
>
> That I'm planning on selling the completed package for $1 is not really of
> concern to them, if they didn't feel the nickel was sufficient compensation
> they'd keep playing video games instead.

I predict a successful future for you running a shoe factory.

--
Tony

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