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October 4, 2006
More on Overpaid CEO’s

CEO pay up big - but not performance:

The Corporate Library analyzed the compensation of nearly 1,400 chiefs for its annual report on CEO pay. The group’s median total compensation rose 16 percent between 2004 and 2005. A year earlier, CEOs got a bump of 30 percent in total compensation, which includes salary, bonus, perks, exercised stock options and other long-term incentive pay.

This is more bad news. As Drucker, Buffet and many others have said CEO overpayment is bad for companies, workers and shareholders. Even when they are fired they often take away tens of millions of dollars. Absolutely ridiculous. I sure hope the bubble of CEO pay bursts soon - the only suitable comparison this century is the internet stock bubble. But every year it just gets worse. I would add Overpaying CEO’s to Deming’s seven deadly diseases of western management.

Related: Excessive Executive Pay - Warren Buffet on ridiculously out of line executive compensation - Excessive CEO Pay - More on Obscene CEO Compensation

2 Responses to “More on Overpaid CEO’s”

  1. Compensation at Whole Foods Says:

    This is the kind of data you would expect if people are the organization’s most important resource. If instead senior management thinks the company exists to fund their lavish lifestyle and…

  2. Exposing CEO Pay Excesses Says:

    [...] As I mentioned earlier, I would add excessive executive pay to Deming’s seven deadly diseases of western management. We need to drastically role back the luducrous pay packages. [...]

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