See the compensation for this company that has 99% of its work force in india: http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?symbol=CTSH Top Compensated Officers Mr. Francisco D'Souza Chief Executive Officer, President and Direct... Age: 38 Total Annual Compensation: $432.0K Then check his total compensation: http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=386042&symbol=CTSH.O Total Annual Compensation$432,000 STOCK OPTIONS* Restricted Stock Awards$66,175 All Other Compensation$7,750 Exercised Options70,000 Exercised Values$2,935,975 Exercisable Options832,500 Exercisable Values$22,251,975 Unexercisable Options187,500 Unexercisable Values$43,125 Total Value of Options$25,231,075 Total Number of Options1,090,000 TOTAL COMPENSATION* Total Annual Cash Compensation$778,651 Total Short Term Compensation$432,000 Other Long Term Compensation$73,925 Total Calculated Compensation$1,777,883 He is making almost 2million a year! What are his workers making? Are there no unions in India? Do the workers have no rights? What is a fair wage? Sports stars- they make so much money because if they didn't get it, it would go into the owners pocket. They are the product, they deserve as much money as anyone. Same with workers and their rights. Tell me what a fair wage is? If they are reselling the services for $80/hr in the states, then wouldn't a fair wage be $20/hr? It is 1/4 of what is taken in You can check what the CEO of Coca Cola makes and Cognizant. You can even see how long you would have to work to match their salaries. Just be sure to enter in the figure you are making in India http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/ceou/database.cfm#C Here is the link for the cognizant ceo: http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/ceou/database.cfm?tkr=CTSH&pg=1 raju, What kind of elitist attitude is that ? The workers are valueless without their head In the case were the workers are the product, like IT, nothing could be further from the truth. In IT, workers are not compartmentalized into engineers, and assemblers, so their individual importance is marginalized. You are marketing the people and their skills. They are everything. They deserve a fair rate based on the market the customer is doing business in. It is called prevailing wage. Unions demand this on their job sites, and workers should be demanding the same for their work. You should read something about it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevailing_wage