[jnbiche]

> That's a laugh. They get paid handsomely to leave.

Fair enough. I was trying to make an analogy about the leaders being held responsible. If you can think of a better one, I'll change it.

That said, I can tell you from personal experience (as seen in a friend) that nearly any corporate executive who gets booted by the board or CEO will be tremendously bruised and hurt by the ordeal. Yeah, it's a punishment most of us would bear for a x million dollar retirement/severance package, but it's still no walk in the park.

[soperj]

hahaha. I think most people would take those problems any day. Sorry your buddy had his feelings hurt.

[jnbiche]

Wow, have you ever been fired? In this day and age when we see successful people in the tech industry dealing with suicide and depression on a regular basis due to work-related issues, that's a pretty insensitive attitude to have.

For the record, my friend was a C-level executive but not CEO, did not get a multi-million dollar severance (less than a million), and for someone who based his entire identity on his job and company, it was a very serious blow that sent him into major depression and alcoholism.

Also, since you seem to be a judgmental kind of person and may have formed an incorrect impression of my background in your mind, I should add that I don't share my friend's financial success. I'm not a successful executive. In fact, I'm struggling financially at the moment.

But despite my personal struggles, I'm able to look past the numbers in someone's bank account and realize that we're all humans in the end, and just because someone has more money than me doesn't mean they're not worthy of compassion.

That said, if you were just trolling, you got me good. hahaha, that's a laugh.

[Can_Not]

> For the record, my friend was a C-level executive but not CEO, did not get a multi-million dollar severance (less than a million), and for someone who based his entire identity on his job and company, it was a very serious blow that sent him into major depression and alcoholism.

If that happened to me, I would be starting at least one new business (or help a friend start one financially), buying my first house, buying the tacos with steak instead of beef, starting at least one long awaited personal project. The idea that somebody could have so much more than me and do so little with it is depressing.

[soperj]

I have, they didn't give me a red cent after firing me. Also the majority of people in this world have trouble eating day to day. I could probably live the rest of my life on less than a million and never have to work again, so I don't really feel a whole lot of pity for a guy that I don't know, getting paid more than the vast majority will make in a life time simply because he was fired.