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Friday, September 26, 2008

Financially Strapped WaMu CEO leaving with 18 MILLION after 3 weeks on the job????

Here's a great example of the "golden parachute" - and the WaMu CEO has only been on the job 3 weeks! I want that job......

http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/26/news/companies/fishman_wamu/index.htm?postversion=2008092613

I think business packages need to tie CEO or C-level compensation to the overall health of the company. If the company is struggling, so should the c-level employees. If the company is doing well - then I'm all for sharing the wealth, so long as it's shared throughout the company. I don't even mind the c-level executives getting millions IF the company is thriving, employees are being hired and compensated well and stockholders are seeing their wealth grow.

But - a 3 week tenure and 18 million in compensation for it? Just the fact that it's possible is absolutely ridiculous. Are taxpayers going to have to fund that, too?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

So maybe the plan should be -
Let's use his 18 million to help bail the company out!

Can we legislate something like that?