[_zoltan_]

I love my job but having too much money would let me email someone 4 higher in the hierarchy to give them my opinion on things. :)

[sokoloff]

Paradoxically, I think the willingness and ability to do that (assuming it's used at all reasonably) tends to increase your visibility and perceived value to the company when averaged over a large number of trials.

"This is stupid, but I'm going to keep my mouth shut because I like to eat and live indoors." vs "This is stupid and I'm going to tell the CEO that and suggest a better alternative."