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Originally Posted by golfing eagles

And that worker is responsible for doing his one little job, while the CEO is responsible for tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars. Yeah, sure, there shouldn't be a disparity in pay

A disparity in pay is easy to see, a disparity in ability and knowledge is often very difficult to determine, the CEO can and does make the difference between the success and failure of a business, to be sure stockholders and board of directors can be fooled but a huge amount pivots on the person at the top making difficult decisions