An underpaid CEO? How radical!

100 Punkte, die Chefs von Toyota verdienen auch round about nur das 4-5fache der Arbeiter. Frage: Können Sie auf Augenhöhe mit jemandem arbeiten, der das 50-100 fache von Ihnen verdient? Kommunikation ist nur unter gleichen möglich, also sind Sie entweder eine ziemlich herausragende Persönlichkeit, oder … dazu der CEO von Costco, dem Anti-Walmart (erinnert ein wenig an Drogerie Werner):

“I’ve been very well rewarded,” said Mr. Sinegal, who is worth more than $150 million thanks to his Costco stock holdings. “I just think that if you’re going to try to run an organization that’s very cost-conscious, then you can’t have those disparities. Having an individual who is making 100 or 200 or 300 times more than the average person working on the floor is wrong.”

Und aus einem Artikel der New York Times über Costco: “… Costco’s stock price has risen more than 10 percent in the last 12 months, while Wal-Mart’s has slipped 5 percent. Costco shares sell for almost 23 times expected earnings; at Wal-Mart the multiple is about 19.” Und was sagt die Analystin Emme Kozloff dazu? Nochmal die NYT:

“Emme Kozloff, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Company, faulted Mr. Sinegal as being too generous to employees, noting that when analysts complained that Costco’s workers were paying just 4 percent toward their health costs, he raised that percentage only to 8 percent, when the retail average is 25 percent. “He has been too benevolent,” she said. “He’s right that a happy employee is a productive long-term employee, but he could force employees to pick up a little more of the burden.””

Zynisch? Naja, Frau Ko(t)zloff ist bekennender WalMart Fan, ich setz mal ein Zitat von Henry Mintzberg dagegen: “Treat the enterprise as a community of engaged members, not a collection of free agents.

Corporations are social institutions, which function best when committed human beings (not human “resources”) collaborate in relationships based on trust and respect. Destroy this and the whole institution of business collapses.”