[kortilla]

> emptying the bank account knowing that eventually they'll get fired for poor performance.

CEOs don’t set their own comp.

[mintplant]

Baker is Executive Chairwoman and heads the Board of Directors. But she's also been around since Netscape, and was instrumental in starting Mozilla post-AOL. Not exactly a corporate raider.

[frandroid]

In theory. In practice, they often negotiate it with their board.

[kortilla]

Yes, but in practice then all employees set their own comp by negotiating with their manager.