在疫情爆發初期,許多CEO信誓旦旦地表示為了盡量減少裁員,將放棄去年的薪酬。但經濟政策研究所(Economic Policy Institute)的最新初步數據顯示,去年,CEO平均薪酬上漲了16%。
而普通員工的平均薪酬僅上漲了1.8%。
經濟政策研究所在一篇博客中表示:“CEO們在疫情期間主動提出放棄加薪,很大程度上只是象征性的。雖然工資沒有上漲,但許多CEO通過股票期權變現和既得股票獎勵獲得了額外收入,使去年暴露出來的收入不平等進一步加劇?!?/p>
CEO薪酬增長幅度略高于疫情之前的水平。2018年至2019年期間,CEO平均薪酬上漲了14%。
疫情期間,股票市場的強勁表現出人意料,這是CEO薪酬增長的主要原因。經濟政策研究所的數據顯示,CEO薪酬中約四分之三與股票相關。有些公司的董事會進一步采取措施保障了CEO的薪酬。
經濟政策研究所在博客中寫道:“有些公司‘酌情調整’了薪酬制度,以保護CEO不會因為‘新冠疫情對公司財務業績的不良影響’而受到波及。當然,公司并沒有為基層員工進行這種調整?!?/p>
該研究所表示,CEO薪酬的增長幅度并不平均,尤其是在女性CEO當中。另外一項研究發現,雖然美國大公司的大部分女性負責人去年薪酬有所增長,但女性CEO的中位數薪酬實際上下降了1.9%。
美國政策研究所(The Institute for Policy Studies)的報告顯示,在中位數薪酬最低的100家標普指數公司中,有51家“為維持高管薪酬調整了公司規定”,并且“高管薪酬提高了29%,增幅遠高于其他公司?!?/p>
經濟政策研究所將于6月發布CEO薪酬報告全文。(財富中文網)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
在疫情爆發初期,許多CEO信誓旦旦地表示為了盡量減少裁員,將放棄去年的薪酬。但經濟政策研究所(Economic Policy Institute)的最新初步數據顯示,去年,CEO平均薪酬上漲了16%。
而普通員工的平均薪酬僅上漲了1.8%。
經濟政策研究所在一篇博客中表示:“CEO們在疫情期間主動提出放棄加薪,很大程度上只是象征性的。雖然工資沒有上漲,但許多CEO通過股票期權變現和既得股票獎勵獲得了額外收入,使去年暴露出來的收入不平等進一步加劇?!?/p>
CEO薪酬增長幅度略高于疫情之前的水平。2018年至2019年期間,CEO平均薪酬上漲了14%。
疫情期間,股票市場的強勁表現出人意料,這是CEO薪酬增長的主要原因。經濟政策研究所的數據顯示,CEO薪酬中約四分之三與股票相關。有些公司的董事會進一步采取措施保障了CEO的薪酬。
經濟政策研究所在博客中寫道:“有些公司‘酌情調整’了薪酬制度,以保護CEO不會因為‘新冠疫情對公司財務業績的不良影響’而受到波及。當然,公司并沒有為基層員工進行這種調整?!?/p>
該研究所表示,CEO薪酬的增長幅度并不平均,尤其是在女性CEO當中。另外一項研究發現,雖然美國大公司的大部分女性負責人去年薪酬有所增長,但女性CEO的中位數薪酬實際上下降了1.9%。
美國政策研究所(The Institute for Policy Studies)的報告顯示,在中位數薪酬最低的100家標普指數公司中,有51家“為維持高管薪酬調整了公司規定”,并且“高管薪酬提高了29%,增幅遠高于其他公司?!?/p>
經濟政策研究所將于6月發布CEO薪酬報告全文。(財富中文網)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
Many CEOS, at the start of the pandemic, vowed to not take a salary last year to keep layoffs to a minimum. But new preliminary data from the Economic Policy Institute shows that the average CEO’s compensation still jumped 16% last year.
Average worker compensation was up just 1.8%.
“The offer by CEOs to forgo salary increases during the pandemic was largely symbolic,” the EPI said in a blog post. “Salaries were stable, but many CEOs pocketed a windfall by cashing in stock options and obtaining vested stock awards, compounding income inequalities laid bare during the past year.”
The gain was slightly bigger than what CEOs saw pre-pandemic. Between 2018 and 2019, the average compensation was up 14%.
The stock market’s unexpected strength through the health crisis is the primary cause for the increase. Stock-related components comprise roughly three-quarters of CEO compensation, says the EPI. And some were further protected by their company’s board.
“There are also examples of firms making ‘discretionary adjustments’ to their compensation schemes to shield CEOs from ‘the pandemic’s adverse impact on the company’s financial results’,” EPI wrote. “Such adjustments, of course, were not made for rank-and-file workers.”
The growth of CEO compensation was very uneven across firms, notes the Institute—and that was especially true among female CEOs. A separate study found that while most women running big U.S. companies saw pay increases last year, the median pay for female CEOs actually fell 1.9%.
And a report from The Institute for Policy Studies shows that 51 of the 100 S&P firms with the lowest median pay “bent their own rules to pump up executive paychecks” and “provided a 29% boost to executive pay, far more than the other firms.”
The EPI’s full report on CEO compensation is due in June.