Certainly you don’t have any employees who you’d consider overpaid. But Forbes magazine has released its second annual list of the most overpaid celebrities in Hollywood.
No. 1 on the list is Nicole Kidman. Her films were estimated to just break even on the amount she was paid — they make only $1 for every dollar of her salary.
Second in line is Jennifer Garner, whose movies return only $3.60 for every dollar invested in her acting services.
Kidman’s ex-husband Tom Cruise is third with a $4 return. However, his recent appearance as a sleazy Hollywood producer in the Ben Stiller film Tropic Thunder may help him move off the list this year.
The rankings were compiled by looking at a star’s last three movies and dividing their total earnings by the films’ gross income to get the actor’s payback amount.
How would your employees like to be ranked this way?