Comments on: I Want To Be A CEO When I Grow Up

By: Vaishali Singh

Vaishali Singh — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:44:49 +0000

well,i firmly believe they do deserve an enormous perks.Its been the reward they are getting for the stiff challenges,the hard work and the consistency they have made all through their life.
It is quite easy to criticise,but really hard to experience the pain of achivements…

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By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 23 May 2009 15:36:19 +0000

I think many CEO pay and benefits packages are obscenely excessive and don’t offer value to the company’s shareholders. But if the board was naive enough or corrupt enough to sign off on it, then it is legal and there is nothing anyone can really do about it other than disagree with it.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:54:12 +0000

I don’t know where I read it, but I remember a factoid that until the 1960s, CEOs/Sr. Executives didn’t have the cult of personality attached to them as they do today – and that average CEO salary was RARELY more than 15X the average salary of all employees…I guess celebrity CEO status (welch, gates, jobs, etc) has also raised the bar for what other companies think they need to pay to command the highest talents. But it’s proven time & again that company performance is not relational to CEO compensation, except when CEO compensation is 100% tied to corporate performance metrics. But if you are getting $25M annually in “perks” (and that’s a round guesstimate based on the above list), then I guess you can afford to work for a dollar/year and incentives…

By: StackingCash

StackingCash — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:53:36 +0000

Wow, you are really fanning the flames of revolution. Hate to say this but I feel that the corruption and greed of the rich, including the enabling government, has reached a level that is making people say WTF! I always question those whose compensation is out of line. I’ve actually came to the conclusion that the stock market is a giant Ponzi scheme funneling money to the Criminal Executive Officer and his cronies.

By: BM

BM — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:31:32 +0000

There is one perk that I would like for myself to have… the ability to negotiate termination contract before I am hired.