Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for November 22, 2010
November 21, 2010
November 23, 2010
Transcript:
bixby: Fritz, I need a raise! Fritz: Bixby, you work on commission... bixby: But my clients don't make me any money!! fritz: Then you need to get them more work! Bixby: But I'm not good enough to get them more work!! fritz: Well, you certainly shouldn't be penalized for that... bixby: Thanks, chef. 40% should do me just fine...
Even more cleraly not a CEO strip. I’m now “retired” because the CEO of a certain big telecom firm reduced the company’s share value by 99 percent (that is, from nearly $70 a share to 70 cents). For this he was rewarded with a $4 million parting bonus. Heck, I could have wrecked the company for half that…