Bankers' fat pay packets have attracted much criticism, but a public sector system that does not reward high achievers may be a much bigger problem for America.

银行家们丰厚的薪酬招致了很多批评，但对美国来说，不奖励高成就者的公共部门体系可能是一个更大的问题。

Voters feel that their pay packets are shrinking.

选民感到他们的支付力在下降。

Your colleague is good at this and hence the big gap in your pay packets.

你的同事精于此道，所以你们的工资才会有这么大差距。

With bigger pay packets workers could reduce their debt and still spend more.

有了更高收入，工人能够减轻他们的债务但仍然得花费更多的钱。

Fat pay packets have helped London house prices to triple over the past decade.

收入的不断攀升促使伦敦的房价在过去的十年中涨了两倍。

Now there is nowhere for the bosses of corporate America to hide their bulging pay packets.

美国企业的老总们眼下无处掩藏不断增长的薪资。

It is often said that nice guys finish last - and when it comes to pay packets they really do.

大家常说好人垫底。最近的一项研究显示，至少就工资薪酬来说，和善的人真地是比较吃亏。

Revoltingly fat pay packets for OK business managers from Baltimore to Bradford aren't OK either.

从美国的巴尔的摩到英国的布拉福德，那些能力一般但工资虚高的企业经理也不能再得过且过。

They offer them fat pay packets, extra training, powerful mentors and more challenging assignments.

他们提供优厚的薪酬，特殊的训练，有力的导师以及更具挑战性的任命。

THERE is only one thing that is still small about banks in emerging economies: their bosses’ pay packets.

新兴经济体的银行只有一件东西仍不起眼，那就是这些银行老板的薪酬。

Base salaries are low; salarymen are expected to fill their pay packets by putting in heroic amounts of overtime.

基本薪资很低；工薪族都期望通过花大量时间加班以赚更多工资。

Mr Black recalls workers in Texas in the 1960s earning $3 an hour and complaining loudly about the deductions from their pay packets.

布莱克先生回想起，在二十世纪六十年代德克萨斯工人每小时收入为三美元，并且高声抱怨对他们的征税。

These titans have been making lots of money for their shareholders; their bosses enjoy vast pay packets; and their actions affect us all.

这些大公司已经为他们的股东们赚了不少钱，这些老板们也都享有高薪，而他们的行为也同时影响着我们大家。

These titans have been making lots of money for their shareholders; their bosses enjoy vast pay packets(2); and their actions affect us all.

这些大公司让股东大赚特赚；让管理者享有很高的薪水；同时它们的行动也在影响我们所有的人。

Yet fund managers’ inboxes remain stuffed with brokers’ research notes; calls from salesmen are no less frequent; pay packets are just as fat.

可是基金经理的收件箱里仍然塞满经纪人发来的研究纪要；销售人员打来的电话也是频繁不减当年；他们的工资也是和从前一样可观。

He talks of using regulation to prod employers into paying higher wages. He wants whopping levies on banks and a formal probe into the fattest pay packets.

他谈到运用法规驱使老板提高雇员的工资，并打算对银行施加重税，正式彻查那些高薪待遇者。

The Guardian data also shows that a coterie of elite bosses at the helm of multinational corporations are seeing their overall pay packets soar ever higher.

《卫报》的调查数据还显示，那些执掌跨国公司的小部分精英老板所获得的整体薪酬待遇飙升得更高。

Bankers' fat pay packets have attracted much criticism, but a public-sector system that does not reward high achievers may be a much bigger problem for America.

人们经常批评银行高管的高薪，但是没有成就奖励的公共部门薪酬体系才是美国的大问题。

It is a common saying that nice guys finish last - and when it comes to pay packets, at least, research shows the genial really do end up at the back of the queue.

大家常说好人垫底。至少就工资来说，最近的一项研究显示，和善之人真地是排在最后。

But Daniel s Hamermesh also shows that being attractive pays - with good looking employees enjoying more perks and higher pay packets than their plainer colleagues.

但是经济学教授丹尼尔•s•汉默梅希还指出，长相有吸引力可获利——长得漂亮的雇员比相貌平平的同事津贴多、薪水高。

But Daniel s. Hamermesh also shows that being attractive pays - with good looking employees enjoying more perks and higher pay packets than their plainer colleagues.

不过丹尼尔·哈默迈什教授的研究可不止如此，他还发现长得好看收入也高：长相好看的人比起长相平庸的同事工资待遇要高，享受的特殊待遇也多。

But Daniel s. Hamermesh also shows that being attractive pays - with good looking employees enjoying more perks and higher pay packets than their plainer colleagues.

因此，长相好看的职员工作效率也更高，带来更高的销售额，同样也会为自己或公司带来更高的利润。

When new ideas can easily be sold around the world, he argues, the rewards for generating them rise, and brainy people will be lured to Boston and new York with ever-fatter pay packets.

他解释道，由于新点子能够便捷地销往世界各地，创意的回报就水涨船高，进而导致那些富得流油的精英人士慕名来到波士顿和纽约。

The weak yen and low interest rates have helped companies make record profits, but the money is failing to filter through into pay-packets.

虽然日圆弱势和低利率使公司有能力创获利高点，但盈利并未完全流进薪水中去。

People obsessed with digital red packets on WeChat have been warned to pay attention to the packet color, or they may end up giving money instead of receiving it.

热衷于微信电子红包的用户近期收到提醒要注意“包”的颜色，否则可能没收到钱，却要往外拿钱了。