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Pay gap between bosses and employees must be reduced, UK workers say (www.theguardian.com)

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A survey by the High Pay Centre found that 55% of respondents support capping CEO pay to maintain a fair balance between workers and bosses.

The thinktank also recommends giving workers the right to vote on company boards and increasing transparency about top pay.

The UK government is under pressure to address income inequality, which has grown by 1.3% in 2022, with the poorest 20% experiencing a 3.4% reduction in disposable income while the richest 20% saw a 3.3% increase.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Oh, oh. I can pitch in! I've met 5, personally. Every single one of them inherited the position from their parents or had a head start by having wealthy parents.

Out of the ones that inherited the jobs: 1 is the owner of a small hotel for which the general manager and the rest of the staff do all the work and have all the stress. She's 35-ish and hasn't worked a day in the last 4 years.

Second one is top 100 richest person in the country and she has directors and managers doing all the actual work and she just supervises them. Her biggest stress is her younger brother that actually works and is trying to take her businesses away from her. Instead of.. you know.. sharing and being stress-free.

Out of the "self made" ones: one somehow managed under communism, at 36, to be the chief of some government branch. Travelled a lot and shit. At the time, in 1990, he had a house, a car, 1000$ in savings (average, not minimum, salary at the time was 150$). And he got a 20k $ mortgage to start his own business, so that couldn't have been a cheap house. (Google says you could buy a 3 bedroom apartment in the center of the capital for 20k)

Other ones are just more of the same. Parents sent them to study abroad, get a bunch of experience, then they came back, used money most people don't have to start businesses and now at 40 they don't need to work anymore.

So...yeah.. stop licking their butts, please.

Oh, and forgot to mention that 2 of them went to prison for corruption and tax evasion. One of them also beat his wife, but she didn't file any charges afaik cause she was just as crazy as him.

Oh, and he offered me a job abroad, promised to pay my rent for half a year to help me get settled. He fired me after a month when he realized he didn't need me anymore and let me fend for myself. Ofc he also only paid a month of rent. So.. yeah jobless and homeless in a foreign country was fun.