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Toshi
02-13-2005, 01:21 AM
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3036687

this is disgusting.

The severance, and her compensation of $8.15 million in 2004, takes Fiorina's total payout from Palo Alto, Calif.-based Hewlett-Packard to $189 million since she was hired in 1999.
scrublover
02-13-2005, 03:18 AM
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3036687

this is disgusting.

agreed. ack. i just can't comprehend how/why some of the uber paid CEO types feel justified in their pay. sure, they worked long/hard to get there, or whatever, but c'mon......especially after tanking one company after another.

that would be like me offing a bunch of patients, being paid a ton of money for it, and continuing onto new hospitals doing the same thing. and getting praise for doing such a great job of it.

how about we "redistribute" some of that wealth to some teachers, police, firefighters, and other jobs like that.

ahem. i'll vote for more for nurses, but then, i'm a bit biased there. ;)
fluff
02-14-2005, 06:32 AM
Sheesh, c'mon guys get with the program. It's the rich looking after the rich...
$tinkle
02-14-2005, 12:50 PM
add to this: word around the campfire is she has political ambitions...and full support of the GOP (perhaps to re-gain kalifornia?)

looks like she has her warchest in order
Damn True
02-14-2005, 10:03 PM
Actually, her pay is rather out of the ordinary in Silicon Valley. Most CEO types recieve relatively modest salaries but are granted Ginormous stock grants and options.

The CEO of the company I used to work for pulled less than $200k per year in salary, but if you look at what he is pulling from stock trades......yikes. More than the GNP of some medium sized countries.
I Are Baboon
02-15-2005, 08:30 AM
I would have been happy to run HP into the ground for half that. I'm not greedy.
springfield1911
02-16-2005, 06:54 AM
I still remember a lot of the major Financial mags kissing her butt when she first got the job. Well, she sure knew how to make mone yalright...
ohio
02-17-2005, 12:27 AM
BurlyShirley says CEOs are paid what they deserve. So clearly Carly must have earned her pay.

You guys just aren't seeing all the value she added.
fluff
02-17-2005, 03:35 AM
BurlyShirley says CEOs are paid what they deserve. So clearly Carly must have earned her pay.

You guys just aren't seeing all the value she added.
From IBM, SUN, Intel, Dell & Microsoft's perspective she's probably worth every cent...
BuddhaRoadkill
03-02-2005, 12:37 PM
Oh dear god ... have you all seen this?

Bitch on the move (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002194007_carlyworldbank02.html)

Carly ... in charge of the worlds poor ... bwahahahahahahha

..... oh sh*t, they're serious. :eek:
fluff
03-03-2005, 10:32 AM
Oh dear god ... have you all seen this?

Bitch on the move (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002194007_carlyworldbank02.html)

Carly ... in charge of the worlds poor ... bwahahahahahahha

..... oh sh*t, they're serious. :eek:

Well, as it seems the alternative is Paul Wolfowitz....
fluff
03-17-2005, 05:00 AM
*bump*

Oh feck...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4356745.stm
MMike
03-17-2005, 05:04 AM
*bump*

Oh feck...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4356745.stm


French and German ministers were guarded in their reaction, while Sweden's foreign minister said she was sceptical about the nomination.

Do europeans spell 'skeptical' like that?
BuddhaRoadkill
03-17-2005, 05:16 AM
I really believe in the mission of the bank, which is reducing poverty. It is a noble mission and a matter of enlightened self-interest
Paul Wolfowitz


enlightened self-interest? How can he say that with a straight face? Wolfo's claim to fame is exploiting the lack of enlightened self-interest. Or maybe that's what he meant. :think:
BuddhaRoadkill
03-17-2005, 05:23 AM
Well, as it seems the alternative is Paul Wolfowitz....
Still better than Carly. One would assume that the goal of Global Dominion included keeping the Globe somewhat intact. Carly has no such lofty goals, simple rape and pillage. I would fear Carly to cause more harm from apathy than Wolfo would cause intentionally.
fluff
03-17-2005, 06:32 AM
Do europeans spell 'skeptical' like that?
Yes indeed. That is the correct English spelling.
valve bouncer
03-17-2005, 07:48 AM
*bump*

Oh feck...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4356745.stm
Does he still use spit to comb his hair?
MMike
03-17-2005, 10:00 AM
Yes indeed. That is the correct English spelling.

Hmmph. I am sKeptical.