Who Are Corporate Directors Working For, Anyway? It can look like the easiest job in the world: company directors collect paychecks in good times and bad, and face few consequences for spectacular failures. The pay is not just a token, either. At Fortune 500 companies last year, the median compensation for a director was $212,512. Other boards pay less but are apparently also less demanding; in the Caymans, one person is a director of about 260 hedge funds. Should board members face more liability for the actions their companies take?