VOCABULARY fat cat - osoba na wysokim stanowisku, która przyznaje sobie wygórowane pensje, podwyżki i premie management - kierownictwo, zarząd to be overpaid - otrzymywać zbyt wysokie wynagrodzenie pay - płaca, pensja bonus - premia excessive - wygórowany, nadmierny by comparison - w porównaniu lowest paid office worker - najmniej zarabiający urzędnik w biurze rhyming - rymujący się nickname - przezwisko bigwig - gruba ryba, ważna osoba hotshot - osoba odnosząca zawrotne sukcesy, 'cudowne dziecko' to mock - naśmiewać się, wyśmiewać boss - szef, zwierzchnik, kierownik to award yourself - przyznawać sobie enormous - ogromny salary - pensja to lose money - tracić pieniądze, źle prosperować to go bankrupt - zbankrutować, ogłosić upadłość customer - klient shareholder - akcjonariusz

LESSON 2
Fat cats

vox pop:
The management in some companies are seen as overpaid fat cats because in many cases their pay and bonuses for the year are seen in the media and shown to be excessive by comparison to the lowest paid office worker in the company.

Tony Thorne:
This is one of those rhyming humorous nicknames like bigwig or hotshot, which is a very typically British way of mocking something. In this case it is something that people actually hate but something that they can't change. And it's all about these top businessmen, these top bosses who typically are awarding themselves enormous salaries and enormous bonuses, at a time when their companies may be losing money, may be going bankrupt - and the customers and the public and the shareholders, are all losing money.

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