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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Small companies are still seeing significant pay growth.
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It's definitely a good thing for corporate governance. They are ahead of the curve.
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Their pay doesn't have anything to do with the level of responsibility. And it doesn't seem to have anything to do with how well they run their companies, either.
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They were the glamour end of the business.
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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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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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Sounds like a much more effective use for the money than distributing it to three executives who are already receiving a large amount of compensation.
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Compensation increases for CEOs, while far exceeding those for other employees, have dropped from the heady levels found in last year's survey.
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This is certainly a note of cautious optimism for those who have criticized them.
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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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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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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.