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IMHO there are very few people in this world who deserve to be paid $1000 an hour. Maybe even no one. $1000 an hour is $840.000 a month.
There are many well-learned and hard-working people in this world that will take 10 years to earn such an amount of money, and they will still be considered to have a well-paid job. (At least, in The Netherlands.) |
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We live in a world where this is a reality, that people make that kind of money without really doing anything special to deserve it more than anyone else. That doesn't mean it's illegal, and this is on par with the ridiculous kind of money lawyers in general get for doing lawyerly things. |
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Apple ought to keep this in mind:
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Mind you, that would be less than one percent of their hoard, but with their attitudes... Last edited by fjtorres; 12-09-2013 at 11:07 AM. |
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Hmmmm and they say the U.S. is falling behind in math and science.
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(I actually calculated 40 hours * 21 days * $1000 = $840.000.) OK, the rest is somewhat off-topic. Spoiler:
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Are you assuming that the $1000 go into the lawyer's pocket? Just because a firm charges a client an hourly fee for an employee that doesn't mean that that money is the the hourly salary of said employee.
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Walker's issue seems to be with Cotes and similarly inclined judges and prosecutors, not with which major company deserves fewer cheerleaders than the rest. To decide whether Walker has a point, I'd have to read more about Cotes' previous decisions and whether the recriminations are justified. It's a more interesting subject to me than whether or not Apple's corporate culture is particularly self-absorbed (which corporation -- excuse me, "person" -- isn't bloodlessly mercenary in the most literal sense?). Last edited by Prestidigitweeze; 12-10-2013 at 12:57 AM. |
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