The Ten Most Overpaid Jobs In The U.S. 1130
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.'"
@subscribers (Score:3, Funny)
slashdotted (Score:5, Funny)
They missed one. (Score:5, Funny)
Without reading the article (Score:2, Funny)
Slashdotted already? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:#1 Most Overpaid Jobs (Score:4, Funny)
Meant to say, I think I know the #1 most overpaid Jobs... [usatoday.com]
Kind of an ironic name for a website... (Score:2, Funny)
http://www.alwayson-network.com/comments.php?id
Heaven Forbid (Score:1, Funny)
What about HR people? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Most overpaid job? (Score:3, Funny)
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.
and the top two most over paid jobs are (Score:1, Funny)
#2 slashdot reader who spend all day reloading
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Re:Most overpaid job? (Score:3, Funny)
Article Mirrored (Score:5, Funny)
#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
Talk about the pot and the freakin' kettle (Score:5, Funny)
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...
Ironic (Score:4, Funny)
Re:The article (Thanks /.!) (Score:2, Funny)
Karma whoring at its best
Re:Slashdotted already? (Score:5, Funny)
Not me. I'm unemployed.
Suggestion... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:@subscribers (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I don;t know about 9 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I don;t know about 9 (Score:2, Funny)
Then it's probably time to cancel your net access too.
Re:I don;t know about 9 (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Glaring Omission (Score:3, Funny)
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...)
Re:I don;t know about 9 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I don;t know about 9 (Score:1, Funny)
What is the speed of light in elks?
What do you mean? An African or European elk?
Re:Pet peeve about posts on /. (Score:2, Funny)
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Number 10 is (Score:5, Funny)
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...
Re:I don;t know about 9 (Score:5, Funny)
Zero. Elks are opaque.
Re:Where is Gates on this list? (Score:4, Funny)
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
Re:I don;t know about 9 (Score:3, Funny)
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:)
What do you mean? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I don;t know about 9 (Score:2, Funny)
Inside a dog, it's too dark to read.
Grouch Marx, what a cad!
Ultimate in being overpaid (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I don;t know about 9 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I don;t know about 9 (Score:3, Funny)
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.
Re:I don;t know about 9 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I don;t know about 9 (Score:3, Funny)
Not surprising, given your proximity to the North Pole.
Most Overpaid Jobs (Score:2, Funny)
sure, but from the OP: (Score:2, Funny)
To me, anyone who takes home a bloated paycheck belongs to the category of them not us. :-)