[ryandrake]

Then again, these people always fail upward. They may have the sword hanging over them, but when the sword falls and they leave, they do so with a fist full of millions of dollars in Golden Parachute, and then float over to Level+1 at the next company.

[asielen]

Yeah, over my career I've seen multiple c-suite bounce from company to company getting gently pushed out each time but still collecting massive packages (with the vacation houses and yachts to prove it).

Once you reach a certain level, you get treated with kid gloves. Even with the sword hanging over you, they don't out right fire you, they work out a deal where you "wanted to spend more time with family".

[tehjoker]

It's because at a certain level you have valuable relationships people want to protect, enough wealth to make decisions without it personally affecting you in a real way (i.e. homelessness, loss of medical care, etc), and information about how the company "really works" that could be valuable to the competition or a tell-all story for the media.

Basically, if you're rich, you're a "real person" and if you're not you're an ant.

[apetresc]

I think you might be watching too much Succession.

[quickslowdown]

You should step into the real world occasionally if you take any issue with this thread. You're fortunate if this feels outlandish to you.

[apetresc]

Is the real world where all these "real people" are?

[HappMacDonald]

Well you don't get to those positions without handling metric buttloads of blackmail, and that's largely all a golden parachute really is: wealthy psychopaths caching out on all of the markers and dirt they have on everyone else when they leave. :P