australia's most overpaid ceo?, page-2

Yes, it's a pretty unbalanced world these days. Average salaries are now lower than in the past in terms of buyingpower and 'those who can' now paid exorbitant amounts regardless of whether they contribute to a positive balance sheet or not. Hell, they even get paid to walk away when their contracts have to be broken due to their failings.

It was only thirty years ago that the top man at the Commonwealth Bank earnt three times the lowest paid CBA employee.