It's there because they bought it.

Am I wrong or do we all hope he broke his spine?

Goldberg style.

*looks at job title*

I'm going to counter this with a few facts to keep in mind as the employee.

Never. There have been many times when people on the same team discussed their compensation, and after that point the performance/morale was never the same - they usually leave or get let go. Once someone knows that they make less than someone else, they continually evaluate themselves in comparison to that other…