Sentence examples for grotesque pay from inspiring English sources

The attempt by Brussels to limit the size of bankers' grotesque pay cheques is indeed crude.

As the American level of compensation disclosure becomes the global norm, local media will have a field day blasting CEOs for their "excessive" and "grotesque" pay checks.

The arguments for the grotesque inequalities of pay are twofold: the universities cannot afford to offer pay rises "given current conditions", and senior executive salaries must stay competitive to attract the best talent.

David Hillman, a spokesman for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, which lobbies for a tax on bank transactions, said: "Despite protestations to the contrary, it's clear that banks have still not curbed their addiction to grotesque levels of pay.

So parents who can afford it are paying grotesque sums to give their kids an edge.

The policy was a small step towards closing the grotesque gap between the pay of workers and their bosses.

It also passes the smell test: The more grotesque your boss's pay and the less he has to do to earn it, the bigger the motivation for you to work for a promotion.

Many people find the idea of paying cash for organs grotesque, although it is legal to pay cash to egg donors and, in some states, surrogate mothers, for their time, effort, and suffering.

Hogarth was a social reformer, and he is pointing out one of the grotesque abuses – letting in paying voyeurs – that made Bedlam notorious.

On the eve of this far from convincing exercise, Thierry had paid a grotesque visit to the Élysée palace to meet president Sarkozy, who'd been so "concerned" with the happenings in South Africa that he'd taken time off from a summit with Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow to let it be known that the French head of state wasn't amused.

The financial markets were allowed their freedoms, executive pay became more grotesque, society grew more unfair and the dynamics that have created the current mess were unleashed.