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by Kurimo 3555 days ago
This is such a pernicious justification for CEO compensation.

You don't need to "jump to another CEO role" to continue to be fabulously wealthy.

Failing spectacularly as a CEO often does nothing to impact your employability for future roles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hayward

Or Carly Fiorina or loads of others we could sit here and review if we were so inclined.

There is, ultimately, no justification for the compensation CEOs receive. They don't deserve it. They haven't earned it. And often their actions are degrading to the company they are hired for, yet they still get paid exorbitant amounts and go on to other positions of responsibility and high compensation.