Under A Lot Of PressureMost jobs are clear-cut. A person has a designated task to perform, and the method ofperforming this task is clearly laid out. If all directions are followed, then there is not toomuch that can go wrong. This, unfortunately, is not the situation for top executives incompanies. They are in the tough position of making decisions that may affect the wholecompany. With one bad move, they can bring a multi-million dollar business under. Onthe same level, though, that can bring in an infinite amount of profit by making a goodmove. All executives realize this, and this puts an superfluous amount of pressure onthem. Most people could not handle this on a day in, day out basis. It would eventuallycatch up to them. Seeing that one person is given so much power, what guarantee is there that they will do agood job? There is none. That is why there has to be a large amount of money involved. If a person did a job such as this, and received a small amount of pay, then there wouldnot be much incentive for them to do a good job. They could always find another job,with a similar amount of pay, that did not put them under the stress that executive jobs putthem under. Once an immense salary comes into play, then that gives a person reason tothrive in such an industry. When a person has a goal such as this, it tends to elevate theirperformance to a higher level. This means a company succeeds, and pulls in a profit. Itseems that whenever money becomes a factor, a much greater importance is put on things,and a much smaller margin of error is tolerated. The top executives are the ones who areaffected by this, and it is they who are rewarded, or punished depending on the outcomeof their company.US Executives Paid Three Times More Than Other Countries For A ReasonUS executives receive a substantially larger pay than their worldwide colleagues. Onereport on earnings showed that "US CEOs were earning 3.2 times more than their Britishcounte...
