Directors at Exxon get about a sixth of what Hunter made: https://contracts.justia.com/companies/exxon-mobil-500/contr... So yes, it's pretty high.
I’m not sure what evidence of impropriety one is supposed to derive from a publicly traded American company having a different board compensation scheme than a privately held Ukrainian company… perhaps you could connect the dots more explicitly?
Regarding compensation for the position, you had said "of course he was compensated, board members are often compensated". I am pointing out that it is very unusual for them to get that much compensation, to the point where you should be suspicious.
That would imply there are many similar nepobabies serving in such roles. "Nepobaby" does not necessarily mean someone is not qualified for a given role. It means they utilize their parents' status to grow their own. Obviously a Senator's child has massive advantages throughout their life. As described above... those advantages often produce exactly the life path he had (just like his Burisma board colleagues, and just like many board members of many corporate boards).
Perhaps you should say explicitly what you mean by "you should be careful about..." What specifically constitutes "being careful" about such a thing? And what exactly are they being careful of? The possibility of an appearance of impropriety?
Getting sweet gigs because your dad is a Senator and then a VP because people love hiring cushy connected people to cushy connected jobs is not, in and of itself improper. It's absolutely a reason to pay close attention to all such family members of all such politicians, but if the "paying close attention" doesn't yield actual evidence of actual wrongdoing, you can't just assume otherwise.
P.S. Don't put in quotes things that people didn't actually say. That was quite clearly not my line of questioning.
If you are working for the government on relations with a particular country, and your son gets a job paying $750,000 a year working at the biggest company in that country, then you need to resign or get your son to resign.
Please let me know if you want further clarifications.
Does this also invoke appearance of impropriety to you?
It is true that there were conflicts of interest for other work that Hunter did, though, such as when his father was visiting China on a diplomatic trip.