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What Can You Say...

Guess what? In our own little way, we Aussies are making a big splash in the corporate world.

Biggest profits? No. Biggest companies? No. Biggest staff numbers? No.

Well, what could it be then? Ahh, biggest salaries? You bet!

According to the latest figures, Aussie corporate chiefs are the third highest paid in the world with your common-or-garden Chief Executive Officer on a gentle $1million (including share options and bonuses).

The top two nations for paying CEOs mega-bucks are Britain and, surprise, suprise, America.

Now, if you don't mind a personal opinion, I reckon our CEOs are doing a brilliant job. They are masters of short-term strategies, sackings, relocations, long lunches, making workplaces so horrid that people want to leave (no redundancies needed) and cocking up businesses so that more sackings/company closures are required.

I reckon we should have a CEO competition and you should email in the best CEO you've had the misfortune to work for.

Come on, send them in, Australian CEOs almost make politicians look good.

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