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BY James McIntosh | 03-09-2009 | 6:49 AM

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The overpaid CEO PR backlash:

It begins. The overpaid CEO public relations backlash. Trying to convince us that they are worthy, not greedy.

Oh, to be so insecure that your main measure of public success is how much money you make.

Don’t get me wrong, there are some worthy CEOs out there who are not overpaid for how they do what they do. And I’m not talking about those high-image CEOs who supposedly earn only $1 per year. I am talking about average-Joe CEOs, like the one around the corner who took a 60% pay cut to protect jobs in his firm. And the one who drove a 12 year old company car while he rescued a faltering public company and saved thousands of jobs.

Come on people, it’s not the size of your wallet that matters, but the size of your contribution. Let me make that easy to remember: It’s not how much you make, it’s what you make for your take.

I’m James McIntosh at nonsenseatwork dot com

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