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Old 07-11-2008, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Chan View Post
If your intention is to maintain proportionality, i.e. the proportion of senior executive pay to baggage handler and other low-skilled labor pay, then you would have to cut all the way down the line. Of course, cutting all the way down the line would be "fair" in a sense but then you'd see a lot of people jumping ship.
To me, it's less about "fair" than accountability.

You watch. Thousands of actual workers are going to get laid off, while the ones who golfed who Rome burned will actually get reward packages.
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