Last year was undoubtedly a tough one for the world's big bosses. The 2008 economic crash meant the good times were over for many overcompen-sated executives, and even those fairly paid saw not only their salaries get hammered, but their savings, pensions and investment plans, as well. According to Forbes magazine, the chief executives of America's 500 biggest companies took a collective 11 percent pay cut, hard on the heels of a 15 percent pay cut in 2007.
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