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Originally Posted by janetvj
What about corporate executives? They have the security of a salary, plus stock options, bonuses, perks like company cars and jets, and who knows what else. Are they really entitled to the almost obscene amount of money that they make? Think about the oil company executives. The little guy is forking over the $$ for gas and heating oil, the oil companies are making record profits, and the CEO's are walking away with millions.
If you are an executive at a major oil company, you've been around the world, you've paid your dues 10 times over, you have at least one graduate degree and you NEVER stop working. Even when you're on vacation (which is probably about never). Those guys get paid but they are driven individuals to the point of personal dysfunction. Don't believe for a second that the man at the helm of a corporation doesn't do anything.
If you are an executive at a major oil company, you've been around the world, you've paid your dues 10 times over, you have at least one graduate degree and you NEVER stop working. Even when you're on vacation (which is probably about never). Those guys get paid but they are driven individuals to the point of personal dysfunction. Don't believe for a second that the man at the helm of a corporation doesn't do anything.
I believe that working hard is one attribute to your success but working smart, and knowing how to invest your money is another thing. No matter how much money you make, if you don't know how to save up those money for investment, spend over your limit, you will have bills and only enough from day to day. I can relate to that because I used to work in pharmacy making good money but I have no life at all let alone some spending money. That was my younger years I don't know how to think wisely but when work and stress add up too much I resign from pharmacy. Currently, I am much happier and less stressful focusing only on my business venture from home.
Obviously it is not just hard work, it is also being in demand. If you average $10 per hour, you have to work five times as long as someone who makes $50 per hour. If you can command higher rates you may have additional skills or the job may entail more danger. I'm sure the 11 workers killed on that oil rig made good money.
My mom and I were having this conversation today. She was asking me about something at work and I basically said something along the lines of my job is very, very stressful. She remarked something about it is obvious why she gets paid what she is paid versus what I make.
I am just a lowly manager, but in comparison to other jobs the decisions and risks I have to take can be emotionally and physically taxing (when you have been up since 6am the previous day only to have a major problem happen in a system that needs fixing and don't leave the office until the next morning
when everyone else is coming back to work at 8-9am, it can be very tiring!).
I look at our senior management and as my career takes me closer and closer into their world I realize that he farther you move up the chain of command the more inherent risks there are. There is a reason why there is typically a golden parachute for executives. It is not as simple for them to go to a new job (think on it not like there are multiple C suite jobs around). They can have worked hard but the company decides to completely different direction, etc.
Sometimes I wish I didn't have the responsibilities that I do now even at my level. The stress I used to have before is nothing in comparison as being accountable for an entire process, team, department all having to be done through leadership and delegation. My previous worker bee jobs were far easier and less stressful in retrospect.
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