Equitable pay changes over time and companies need to be continuously reviewing what they're paying their employees. However, according to a Gartner survey of roughly 3,500 workers conducted in 2022, only 32% of them felt like they were fairly compensated.
Interested in the other side of the spectrum, Reddit user Designer-Meeting-123 made a post on the platform, asking everyone to list the jobs that they believe are grossly overpaid.
From realtors to management consultants, we've compiled the most popular submissions and are eager to learn your opinion on the matter. So continue scrolling and upvote the professions that you think are earning too much.
#21
As an attorney, I'm very surprised no one has said attorney yet.
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43points
#22
Mine. Healthcare marketing. Being paid 6 figures [with only a Bachelor's Degree] to tell people [who are already medical school educated] how to treat their patients is actually hilarious! But if you're gonna pay me for it...
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38points
#23
Real estate agents. Maybe if it's your first home and you need everything done for you, or this was the 1990s before online listings - a buyer's agent and a seller's agent on each respective side, the two agents splitting a 6% to 7% commission made some sense. But for your average transaction, or experienced buyers / sellers, this just doesn't make sense anymore and it's a huge expense on already expensive home sale.
I bought a For Sale Buy Owner home, no realtor on either side. Hired an attorney to handle paperwork and we split the expense. Super easy. Also sold a home, without no realtor, and the buyer's did have an agent. The agent was awful at communicating and being responsive, and she wanted her 3% "commision" to come out of the sale price. It's like sis, you literally made everything more difficult, we still had to pay an attorney to oversee the paperwork and title company, what exactly are you being paid for here? I don't give a s**t how many houses you showed to your clients before they decided to buy a FSBO and tried to keep you involved.
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34points
#27
Omg customer success managers. I was one. I was paid a ridiculous amount to basically say “I don’t have the answer to a single question you asked but I can see if I can find someone… who can maybe answer it but they probably can’t”. It’s a JOKE.
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24points
#28
A lot of those jobs where your job is to basically talk to people and pass information around and your biggest problem is people not reading emails thoroughly enough.
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21points
#30
Real Estate Agents. Especially buyer side agents. Earning a percentage of the cost of the property is ridiculous. You do the same job for a $200k home vs a $10 million home.
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19points