Some CEOs Make 1,000x More Than Their Employees

Brut America

The gap between CEO and employee pay is the widest it has ever been. Abigail Disney, a vocal critic of wage inequality at The Walt Disney Company, wants to see a more level pay scale.

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00:00I listened to the workers who were getting paid minimum wage.

00:15They had had benefits steadily stripped from them.

00:18People were choosing between insulin and housing.

00:20I knew my grandfather, and I know that was never the company he wanted to start.

00:27I knew my grandfather, and I know that was never the company he wanted to start.

00:58I understand you don't set your own salary.

01:09Few people do, but we do set salaries for the people who work underneath of us.

01:17So, if you're not happy with the pay ratio at your firm, there are two ways to correct it.

01:23Because, believe me, it doesn't look good.

01:26Lower your salary, or raise the salary of others.

01:30So, let me ask you this question.

01:32If you were an employee, and you saw your boss making $486 for every dollar you made,

01:40how would you feel about that situation?

01:43I would be hopeful that there's opportunity to continue to advance within the firm.

01:48Well, Antoine, just unbelievable.

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