It's exactly like life! (Score 1)

In real life you have the exact same mentality in lots of places, at least where I come from. If you have a long education (have spend alot of time on it) you are automatically given a higher salary (more time -> "deserve reward"). It does not matter if another person is more skilled than the person with a long education, in the same job the one with the longer education gets more. The one who may just have a natural talent for that type of job and perhaps is alot better than the guy with a long education, is "not deserving of a reward" and thus gets a lower salary. That is not true of all types of jobs, but it is true of alot of jobtypes that I know.