Working Wounded: Business Myths

After 10 years of writing Working Wounded I've concluded that there are a lot of myths about work. I thought it would be fun to tackle some of the bigger ones in this week's blog. Check out my list below and send me some of your favorites.

It's impossible to be overpaid when someone else signs the paycheck. Let me offer a short translation of this rule: as long as someone is willing to pay you a ridiculous amount of money to work, then you aren't overpaid because that person has established a market for your services. I disagree.

Corporate salaries are absurd. Cost cutting, layoffs and a myriad of other organizational sacrifices should float more than just the boats of the CEO and a few top executives. I'm no Marxist -- CEOs do deserve a big paycheck when they are successful. But this escalator only seems able to go up.