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Article created by: Ilona Baliūnaitė
The desire for fairness is a huge motivator for change. To put it simply, people can’t stand it if someone’s being mistreated or if they see someone being rewarded more than they are. And when talk turns to money, things can get really heated. Many people believe that they’re not paid enough for their efforts, meanwhile, they watch others get rich by—seemingly—doing ‘nothing’ at all.
The r/AskReddit community went all-out and shared their thoughts about the professions that they personally believe are greatly overpaid, from influencers to preachers. Scroll down to read their opinions and upvote the posts that you agree with, dear Pandas.
Personal finance expert Rick Orford, the author of ‘The Financially Independent Millennial,’ shed some light as to why some professions get paid more than others. You’ll find Bored Panda’s interview with him below.
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#1
Executives of most companies. They supposedly get paid massive amounts because they will be held responsible for the performance of the company and... Are never held responsible for the performance of the company...
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#2
CEOs
I dare anyone here to tell me they think its fine that a CEO earns 200x that of a regular employee.
#4
Big time preachers (think Joel Osteen, Kenneth Copeland)
Mike Goslin 7 months ago
"Big time Preachers" is an oxymoron. Preaching is a humble calling. In the immortal words of Frank Zappa, "Remember folks, there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over. He's got 20 million dollars in his heavenly bank account. All from those chumps who were born again.""
#5
Being a Kardashian
Bacon Tentacles 7 months ago
Famous only because they are rich. Rich only because they are famous. Waste of oxygen, all of them.
#7
I thought it was funny that a lot of social media influencers make enough to wear a different designer outfit each day. I feel like I missed a real-life cheat code
#9
Music executives. They don't have an ounce of talent, but will make money off of the talent of someone else. It's a disgusting thing to see.
#10
Management consultants. I was one, and there is no way I add $650/hr in value to the company who is paying for my services.
Note that I get paid <10% of this, my firm takes the rest. And yes, I know it's a pyramid scheme.
#16
Here in Quebec, Canada, we have something called “the language Police”. They go around and make sure fonts on signs are more pronounced in French than English.
They make 80k a year. 😑
#18
Celebrities, of most any fashion. I do not see any reason why an actor needs to be paid multi-million dollars for one project that likely takes them less than a year to do.
I get being a celeb comes with normally needing security and stuff, but I'm pretty sure even someone who makes like $1m a year can afford that stuff...
#19
School admin spots. Growing up, the class sizes grew while the amount of teachers, and what they were paid, continually shrunk. But they kept adding extra superintendents and giving them pay raises left and right.
#24
Professional stock portfolio managers. 99% of them do not outperform indexes and they contribute no real goods or services.
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