Workers alsoaren't happy with CEO pay, with 78 percent saying that most CEOsand other top execs make too much compared with employees. (Photo:Shutterstock)
No matter their age or race, nearly a third of workers don'tbelieve that employees in their company are paid fairly. In fact, 34 percent say theybelieve their pay is based on managers' or supervisors' “feelings”on what they deserve to make, instead of based on performance, experience or skills.
That's according to a study from beqom that also finds48 percent of workers believing that men are paid more than women at their company. At theindustry level, U.S. workers believe men are paid more than womenin technology (34 percent), banking and finance (23 percent),health care and medical (13 percent) and education and highereducation (5 percent)—regardless of equal skill, performance andexperience.
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
