{"id":2359,"date":"2010-09-16T09:19:24","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T15:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=2359"},"modified":"2010-09-16T09:19:24","modified_gmt":"2010-09-16T15:19:24","slug":"layoffs-ceos-and-their-pay-and-pigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2010\/09\/16\/layoffs-ceos-and-their-pay-and-pigs\/","title":{"rendered":"Layoffs, CEO\u2019s and their pay, and PIGS!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All I can say is this hits that nail square on the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>head<\/strong>. \u00a0How may of the CEO&#8217;s of the top 500 are actually worth hundreds of times the average <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>working<\/strong> &#8220;stiff&#8221; of their company? \u00a0How may actually know what and how their <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>company<\/strong> makes their money? 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