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"only made $20,000 more"?! How is a manger making only that kind of margin over and above what non-managerial employees earn supposed to live? What kind of world do we live in?! One can't even buy a new, low-end Porsche with only an additional $20K. Please tell me that this poor soul is at least being offered a company BMW. If I knew that managers in my organization were earning only an additional $20K, I'd have no choice but to give up bathing and come to work dressed in a sackcloth and ashes. And if the CEO wasn't earning at least 1000% more annually than the average employee, I have to immolate myself in protest.
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From: techwr-l-bounces+lporrello=illumina -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lporrello=illumina -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of wondersofone -at- gmail -dot- com
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 4:01 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Pay Gap Between Manager and Subordinates
I don't know if this is even a valid question, but this scenario described may possibly turn into reality. Is there an expected (or
unsaid/unwritten) minimum salary gap between a tech pubs manager-editor and his/her senior writing staff? If the manager only made $20,000 more than the highest paid writer, could that be considered unacceptable? Unacceptable to the manager-to-be, that is.
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