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dynasaw

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6. $8.25 an hour versus $8.75 Million

Reply to marmar (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 09:34 AM

Dec 2012

McDonald’s, based in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook, paid then-CEO Jim Skinner $8.75 Million last year. Johnson, the man covered in this story, made $8,518.80 through Sept. 9 this year.

I don't call that a gap. It's a chasm.

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McDonald’s $8.25 Man and $8.75 Million CEO Shows Pay Gap [View all] xchrom Dec 2012 OP

Huh, on Bloomberg.com even. HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #1

he's worked there 20 years and makes minimum fucking wage? HiPointDem Dec 2012 #2

LESS than. Minimum wage has not kept up with inflation and production for how many years now? HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #8

actually no - twenty years ago we were still in the Reagan Dark Ages hfojvt Dec 2012 #15

He should be grateful & celebrating because he's gained a whopping $1.22/hr in purchasing power HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #18

A friend of mine works at a burger joint. He gets $8.50/hr after 4 years there hobbit709 Dec 2012 #9

CEO breakdown on pay 0zone Dec 2012 #3

i like the way you phrased that. xchrom Dec 2012 #4

Over $1 a second... Hayabusa Dec 2012 #17

k/r marmar Dec 2012 #5

$8.25 an hour versus $8.75 Million dynasaw Dec 2012 #6

That's like calling the Grand Canyon a gully. hobbit709 Dec 2012 #7

Travesty. What kind of human could do this to another? DaveJ Dec 2012 #10

What kind of human could do this to another? 99Forever Dec 2012 #12

K&R. And the pay gap has doubled at McDonalds over the past 10 years. Overseas Dec 2012 #11

Wow. 20 years and still making minimum wage. gollygee Dec 2012 #13

Put in perspective of how wages aren't keeping up with inflation/cost of living . . . HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #14

if his pay had risen above min wage, they'd try to get rid of him to hire a new min wage employee Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #20

Sad but true. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #16

I just read this, a very worthwhile article that is thought provoking but sad davidpdx Dec 2012 #19

K&R DaveJ Dec 2012 #21