What is the current ratio of CEO pay to that of the average working slob at Chevron?
Obscenely high, certainly...400 to 1? John Watson effectively sets his own compensation by means of the appointments he recommends to the Board of Directors.
Depressing? Yup? Likely to change anytime soon? Hardly!
The defense, if there ever bothers to be one, is that these high salaries are NECESSARY in order to attract and keep exceptionally skilled people. Yeah...right. I say, at one fourth Watson's annual compensation, MANY gifted individuals could be found to run things...and run them better...and (perhaps) WITHOUT this deeply offensive and patronizing OE 'culture'.