The news is now out that outgoing CEO Marissa Mayer could make up to 55M$ as she leaves an ailing Yahoo, and an inevitable storm of protests has followed on the internet. Most comments claim that she is being “rewarded for failure” and that such a culture is patently unfair as it rewards failing leaders, while the regular workforce that is is let go under similar circumstances gets no such cushion or compensation. Many of these employees may have been “loyal” for long periods of time and they just get left out in the cold. While the outsider who comes in as a leader and “fails”, gets to walk away with a reward!……(click link to read more)
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