Quote Originally Posted by MadAmster View Post
Saw a meme online today. No idea if it's true. The source may indicate that it's figures relating to Scotland rather than the UK as a whole, although I could be wrong on that. The figures?

Between the late 70s and 2020, productivity per worker up 70 odd %, workers wages up 20%, Executive wages up 1000%.

Pure guesswork here but I think the first figure is high, the 2nd low and the last one is probably accurate.

Can anybody in the know shed some light on this. Facts, verifiable ones, not opinion please.
Deepseek confirms that order of magnitude over roughly that time period for ‘western world’ exec reward, mainly through stock options