Using a large compilation of massive (stellar mass M≥10^{11} M_&sun;) earlytype galaxies (ETGs), we have probed, up to z˜1, whether the presence of satellites within a projected distance of 100 kpc of these objects depends on the size of the host massive galaxies. We do not find any evidence for satellites with a mass ratio down to 1:10 neither down to 1:100 to be preferentially located around compact or extended massive ellipticals. This suggests that, at least since z˜1, the merger activity in these objects is rather homogeneous across the whole population.