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The Ten Most Overpaid Jobs In The U.S.
misbach writes "Here is what the 'compensation experts' have to say are the
ten most
overpaid jobs [original article at CBS MarketWatch]. 'Almost no one in America would admit to being
overpaid, but many of us take home bloated paychecks far beyond what's deserved.
'Fair compensation' is a relative term, yet human-resource consultants and
executive headhunters agree some jobs command excessive compensation that can't
be explained by labor supply-and-demand imbalances.'"
thanks for slashdotting the site already, you ugly hairy subscribers
So much for alwayson-network
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My guess at number #1 has got to be CEO of a major corp.
There's a growing sense that even if The Future comes,
most of us won't be able to afford it.
-- Lemmy
I mean, come on! are we all that afraid that WE'RE overpaid?
DOH! must...hit...preview!!!
Meant to say, I think I know the #1 most overpaid Jobs...
Quod scripsi, scripsi.
...given the current slashdotting.
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Heaven forbid that we just list the 10 things on slashdot... guess that would be asking too much.
Is it too late to nominate human resource consultant to the list?
First poster!
Huh? First Poster is the most overpaid job? That's news to me, I thought the pay was pretty lousy. Which is a pity, since /. would clearly disintegrate without the terrific work of those unsung heroes, the First Post ACs.
Tubal-Cain smokes the white owl.
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#2 slashdot reader who spend all day reloading
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I can see the first poster as being most over moderated job.
Here's the list.
#1 - Professional Athletes
#2 - CEO
#3 - CTO
#4 - CIO
#5 - Chairman of the board
#6 - Generic Executives
#7 - CEO
#8 - CEO
#9 - Guys at think tanks that produce articles like this
#10 - CEO
You gotta be fscking kidding. Did the HR consultants and executive headhunters point out that their own astronomical salaries can't be explained by anyone? Anyone that is, except for other HR consultants and executive headhunters...
Yes, my only tool is a hammer. And you're starting to look like a nail.
alwayson-network.com is a wonderfully ironic name for a webserver that just got slashdotted...
Thomas Galvin
> Once again, with formatting this time :P
;-)
Karma whoring at its best
The unofficial
I would have thought that "Microsoft O/S Security Assurance Specialist" would have made the list. No ?
If you don't understand anything I post, please accept that I ate paste as a small boy...
As fast as an elk? Is that some kind of Canadian measure of velocity? Can you get a speeding ticket for going 2 elks in a school zone? What is the speed of light in elks?
Then it's probably time to cancel your net access too.
Don't blame me; I'm never given mod points.
Too bad the computer is what does the major work now on any modern jet-liner. You don't even need the pilot to land it anymore... Basically they are there as a backup to the computer system now.
And pretty soon, with a few more advances in AI, we'll also have computers with the attitude of "oh, fuck it" when the left engine fails.
do() || do_not();
One glaring omission: operators/'editors' of popular internet sites. A certain one has maintainers/editors who:
ignore user requests
play games all day
don't 'edit' anything
don't read submissions
don't read their own site
don't properly test proposed site changes
offend and namecall users
No specific sites in mind
(goodbye karma...)
Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
It's a canadian unit of velocity AND mass. (So now that I think about it it's a unit of momentum). It's defined as the momentum of your average elk running at the average maximum elk speed. A football player with all his gear does about 0.2 elk.
What is the speed of light in elks?
What do you mean? An African or European elk?
You're new here, aren't you?
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
Wedding photographer.
Surely the most overpaid job in the world is supermodel photographer.
I would gladly do the job for ten grand, so long as I can pay in instalments...
What is the speed of light in elks?
Zero. Elks are opaque.
I'd say he's being paid a bit too much with that track record.
/.ers will say he's already done this).
So taking a company from two employees with their only product being a BASIC interpreter for a home-built computer (the Altair) to an industry dominating software company that provides software for 95% of all PCs in the world is "underperforming" by your standard?
I guess to get "average" he would have to enslave all of humanity and force them to build his pyramid for him. (And, of course, some of the more rabidly vapid
Now that's funny because a german kid once referred to me as "ein grosse elk." The danger in using elks as a form of measurement is variation between jurisdictions; Elk is another word for moose in Europe while it refers to a large deer, also called a Wapiti, in North America. So this kid was calling me a big moose while I thought he was calling me a large, red deer.
However, since this is a Canadian measure Elk should refer to the deer and not the moose.
On another note, for the purposes of accident insurance, deer are considere flying objects in Canada.
IMHO, as per.
J:)
Oh well, no point in steering now.
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paintball
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. ...
Inside a dog, it's too dark to read.
Grouch Marx, what a cad!
I'm collecting unemployment. Typical day includes sleeping till 3pm them playing Allied Assault for a few hours.
I'm upset that us yanks are still using Imperial Elk instead of Metric.
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You are absoultely wrong. Advertising does not corrupt everything it touches. Take me for example.
Excuse me a second.
Sluuurrrrp. Mmmm...Nothing like a nice chilled Coca Cola Classic (TM) to calm the nerves.
Where was I? Oh right, advertising. So what if advertising is everywhere.
Sig it.
One minor correction, Pilot error is not the most dangerous thing about flying, Gravity is!..
What are we going to do tonight Brain?
"On another note, for the purposes of accident insurance, deer are considere flying objects in Canada."
Not surprising, given your proximity to the North Pole.
God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.
Steve Jobs?
Ceci n'est pas une sig
To me, anyone who takes home a bloated paycheck belongs to the category of them not us. :-)