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Re:90 Cents of Every 'Pay-For-Performance' Dollar for CEOs A... by marcosdumay on Friday September 30, 2016 @02:16PM (#12614181)
Who is the one person in charge of making the company not stink?
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Re:90 Cents of Every 'Pay-For-Performance' Dollar for CEOs A... by Uhhrrr on Friday September 30, 2016 @03:18PM (#12614618)
It's true that they could theoretically fire everyone, but practically speaking? They inherit the employees, culture, customers, vendors, and physical plant. It's (remotely) possible that Marissa Meyer is the world's best CEO, but she chose to play against a stacked deck when she went to Yahoo.
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Re:90 Cents of Every 'Pay-For-Performance' Dollar for CEOs A... by marcosdumay on Saturday October 01, 2016 @11:17AM (#12618186)
Every new CEO in a big company seems to decimate the employees anyway. Why none fires the right 10%?

Yes, you have a point, but getting on a failing company and failing does not reflect as bad as succeeding on such a company would look good. The only negative contribution Yahoo gave to Marissa Meyer CV was that badly managed data leak that is making every news.

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