How come the more some people earn the less work they do?

Question

And the thicker they become?

Answer 1

good question. i once had a boss who used tp spend all her time ripping up bits of paper for us to write messages on for the GP's. she always managed to look busy when the doctors came into reception but she didn't actually do anything. the times she did work we had to go at the back of her and fix things. for this privilege we were paid half of what she got. sometimes life sucks ........... and sometimes it works out great. our "boss" is now the typist and gets paid less than me. ha ha ha

Answer 2

This is a common misconception from those who find it difficult to climb the vocational ladder. Workers do work - a visible action whereas managers manage - and this can be anything from financial status, safety of the workforce, production output and efficiency, pay rises etc. A worker will generally have one or two actions on his or her mind - a manager may have up to twenty or more - and plenty others on their to do list.

Think of this little analogy - when you were little you envied your parents power and apparent ease of life, making all the decisions and generally you were on the receiving end of what you thought were unfair decisions, your parents always made these decisions to help and guide you and ensure your life was fulfilled.

Now when you become the parent - the true stress of it all becomes apparent, making sure all of the needs of the child are achieved, also ensuring the financial side is managed to ensure food is on the table and clothes are on their back etc etc etc.

Who has the most responsibility? and where is the perception of power? when you get to this position it's not all truffles and champagne - in fact it can be quite the opposite

Answer 3

It's simply laziness. The more they get paid, generally means the longer they've been with the company, and the less they feel they need to impress people... The less they feel that they need to the less they're going to work (generally). There are some people that just plain out don't ever care and others that will always give their all when they work.

Answer 4

The more people earn, usually means they're higher up. They've accumulated knowledge. Also, some of the biggest producers make it look easy and appear to do less work, because they are 'pros' at it. Just like when you see a professional baseball or football player... they make it look easy.

Answer 5

Where i used to work we were told 'your'e not paid to think'. When things went wrong management were infallable, they could'nt make a mistake, so we, the workers got the blame. The higher up they are the less brains they had.

Answer 6

I think it has to do with being in upper management.
The higher one goes the less they have to do because the lackies all get the work. and that leaves to much free time so they lose the edge that got them to the top in the first place.

Answer 7

Because they haven't been on the "Walking around looking busy with a piece of paper in your hand" Course

Answer 8

I think it's basically that they have so many people working under them that they really don't have that much to do... except manage. And if you're really good at managing, you should hire enough staff so you don't have to do a thing!

Answer 9

Irony

Answer 10

Its called being the boss