What do you define as obscene? Is it a figure x times the pay for junior grades at a specific company - so for example £250k for a hospital manager vs £15-25k for cleaners, basic staff etc. Or is it just a big number - for example £250k as an employee at Goldmann Sachs? which is the salary for someone with just a few years experience there and is the 'going rate'.

I'd suggest both are obscene in their own way, but at the same time where salaries are performance related and they meet the goals who is at fault?