[hn_throwaway_99]

That's not what the parent comment was referring to. Senior execs had golden parachutes they were due if they were terminated.

[jonathankoren]

We’re not even talking about golden parachutes. Literally every employee had a severance package specified and agreed to in the sales contract. Musk straight up violated the agreement the first week.

The amount is negligible to the world’s richest man. He just violated it because he could.

http://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/elon-musk-...

[hn_throwaway_99]

I was referring to the GP argument that was specifically asking about exec payouts, not the broader point of the article that Musk is just stiffing these people just because he can.

[DonHopkins]

Why don't the people who actually do the work get golden parachutes?

[Uvix]

Because they don’t negotiate for it.