The Symbolic Order and the Power to Name
Fragment of a discussion from Talk:Social Space and the Genesis of Groups (Group 1)
Some titles are able to show a person's status. Similarly, from where I worked, which is a small cafe, a shift leader works just as much as the boss, and like you said sometimes even more. However due to the differences in the titles, the shift leader earns very little. In my opinion, the titles define the people's wages, not the amount of work they do.