There was an old Peter Drucker adage that the top executive should only be at a 20-to-1 compensation ratio from top executives to entry level positions. In the U.S., this is now around 260-to-1. (http://thedx.org/2011/02/turning-up-the-heat-on-ceo-pay/)
In short, there's a limit to most people's tolerance for inequality in pay, especially in the face of it being mostly decoupled from performance. The question is whether there that matters, and what the consequence is.
In short, there's a limit to most people's tolerance for inequality in pay, especially in the face of it being mostly decoupled from performance. The question is whether there that matters, and what the consequence is.