/lit/ - Literature

>>6303346

Nothing prevents you or any one of those employees from coming up with a hot idea and being a CEO of their own but your time and effort. Capital is out there and is readily available, and good ideas with a will strong enough to put them into action is always worth bank.

As for mechanically why CEOs who manage a company are paid so much, it's because being a CEO fucking sucks. Seriously.

You're a public figure with minimal privacy. The vast majority of your waking hours will be dealing with fuckups, hair-on-fire internal situations, and long term planning.

Politics at that level are extreme, backstabbing is common, and you can never speak your mind or do anything of note because your mistakes represent potentially millions of dollars lost.

You have a target painted on your back for wackos to do things to you and your family. You are likely to receive anonymous abuse and death threats, often for things you didn't do.

You'll be blamed and sued for any mistakes your company makes, or will at least be expected to testify.

You'll be expected to work 80+ hours a week. You'll be expected to enjoy this time, regardless of how bored you are. If the company needs you, you go. School play? Sorry sport, major client has a meeting. Funeral? Gotta skip it, send my regards.

You'll be rich, but at the cost of basically everything else. Most men don't have what it takes to do the job. The few who do make bank because it's fucking hard.