Paul Hodgson
Paul Hodgson
Paul Hodgson, born 25 April 1982 in Epsom, Surrey is an English former rugby union player and coach...
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This is a classic example of pay for failure.
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The very idea that someone earning $20 million should need reimbursement for any cost performing their duties as COO is curious enough. That they should be reimbursed (for) living in their own house takes it to a different level of absurdity.
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It is early days yet, but it may be possible to find some small encouragement in the fact that, at least for a group of companies, compensation increases for CEOs, while farÊexceeding those for other employees, have dropped from the heady levels found in last year's survey.
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Transparency is a big problem. Disclosure levels in the United States are not as good as in other parts of the world.
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Given that they waited until the market closed on that day, and on the day of their annual meeting, it's obvious that they didn't want to tell anybody about it until that point. And if they didn't put him up for re-election, that would have announced to the world that there would be a parting of the ways.
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Most people have no alternative, particularly those who live in rural areas. A lot of motorists tell us that if there was a decent and affordable public transport system they would use that ... but we are still a long way from having an alternative.
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My first take on it was that one of those elements of pay would have been okay but all three of them ... added together seems to me to be too much.
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This will continue to be a hot topic for a lot of tech companies. Companies are beginning to realize that their time is limited for ignoring the cost of options.
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The reason the C.E.O. got the job in the first place was to increase long-term revenue. The daily operational results are affected by executives much further down the chain.
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There is no lack of stockholder proposals objecting to the size of severance packages and calling for them to be reduced,
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The grant of the stock options, however, is less excusable. What they've done is not particularly wise (in this era of scrutiny), but certainly, it's not illegal.
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With CEOs receiving an average $15 million to start, and $16.5 million to finish, ... they hardly need to make any money in between.
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It's a very rare occurrence that an entire corporate culture is responsible for the charges they're being held accountable for. The prosecution of individuals is a far more effective way to go about discouraging this type of activity.
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They were the glamour end of the business.