Is that Golden Parachute big enough for all of us??

Comment #5

Todd — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:25:11 GMT

<br />The BOD is typically made up of people who are officers of other companies, certainly higly-paid people. It's an insider group of people -- an elite sliver of society -- who gets hired to these Boards, and they vote these ridiciculous pay checks, because then the people of the Boards of THEIR companies do the same for them. It's a vicious circle, and it's all because of the idiotic way these Boards are put together.<br /><br />They DO NOT represent the shareholders, they represent an eli... [ More ]

Comment #4

Rick G — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:54:28 GMT

In my business I have to go to the hardware store on a daily basis and depend on them for ordering things and solving my maintenance problems. Hell Depot is the worst hardware store on the planet. What P's me off the most is that this mega-crap of a store has put a lot of the true hardware stores (such as ACE) out of business. I will celebrate heartily when they go belly-under.

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konane — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:17:07 GMT

Evidently part of a contractual agreement to hire him for his "expertise." If that executive were doing a good job managing HD they wouldn't be targeted for a leveraged buyout. Maybe we haven't heard the last of that severance yet.

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we;reallwinners — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:15:37 GMT

I'll drink to that emilyg.............there are people that can't find a minimum wage job in the state and this guy gets Fired and walks away with Millions.........I just don't understand what is happening...........what's even worse is the employees are HUGE stock holders in the company..........

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emilyg — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:07:45 GMT

Your language is much nicer than i would use about this *&*&^**(*&&&^**#

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