If you work for the federal government, the average salary is $7,000 higher than the private sector. Something’s wrong with that, when you’re making more money working for the government than you can working in the private sector.
My mother taught us to sell food in the market so we could pay for school. I would get up at 4:30 A.M. and start selling bread and cheese before going to class. School cost $65. The average salary was $125 a year, and with 10 kids, how are you going to pay for that?
In some cases, managers and employees have secured pensions beyond their original base salary. It is wrong, the people doing it know it’s wrong, and we have to put an end to it.
My salary for ‘Splash’ was $350,000. I got about $800,000 for ‘Summer Rental.’ So, yes, I thought, ‘Well, here’s a chance to get some furniture for the house and some clothes for the kids.’
Sarasota in 1974 was a city of 46,459 people, the 73rd-largest market in the country and sixth-largest in Florida, according to Arbitron Ratings. To supplement my meager salary, I was a bartender at Big Daddy’s on St. Armand’s Circle and a sailing instructor at nearby Lido Beach.
I became a hero after V Shantaram cast me in ‘Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne.’ He paid me a monthly salary of 100 rupees!
Salary matters shouldn’t be told to everyone. It’s a matter of respect for my teammates.
