Comments on: Leighton CEO King of the heap on vulgar pay rich list http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/leighton-ceo-king-of-the-heap-on-vulgar-pay-rich-list/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:14:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Gavin Findlay http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/leighton-ceo-king-of-the-heap-on-vulgar-pay-rich-list/#comment-39396 Gavin Findlay Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:34:57 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/leighton-ceo-king-of-the-heap-on-vulgar-pay-rich-list/#comment-39396 Just proves that a primary selection criterion for top CEOs is complete lack of morals. How can you make your company No.1 if you don't look after No.1? Just proves that a primary selection criterion for top CEOs is complete lack of morals. How can you make your company No.1 if you don’t look after No.1?

]]> By: Liz45 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/leighton-ceo-king-of-the-heap-on-vulgar-pay-rich-list/#comment-39356 Liz45 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:49:21 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/leighton-ceo-king-of-the-heap-on-vulgar-pay-rich-list/#comment-39356 Obscene, all of them. While Howard's WorstChoices tore away at wage and salary earners, put workers in terrible oppressive environments in the work place, these greedy bastards were laughing their heads off. Who can recall Geoff Dixon railing against the greedy Qantas employees, while his wallet got fatter - I don't recall them being castigated by Howard or the media! Makes me sick! Nobody 'earns' that amount of money, it's a gift and it's paid out of money that the workers via their hard labour produced. We saw gross examples of these CEO's greed in the US, when the peoples' money was paid to these 'people' to socialise the debts they produced, and then they arrogantly grabbed the money, gave themselves bigger bonuses, just before they walked - if they hadn't changed their tune they may have been lynched? Are they ignorant, callous or just plain greedy, or all three? It really galls me, that those on the lowest rung of the income ladder got zilch at the last decision, while these mongrels got, in some circumstances a 300% increase. As for Joe Hockey who said it's up to the shareholders to keep them in check; the fact is, that even when the shareholders voiced their outrage, they too were given the 'middle finger' and business went on as usual - I think this applied to Telstra and BHP Billiton, and probably more! Obscene, all of them. While Howard’s WorstChoices tore away at wage and salary earners, put workers in terrible oppressive environments in the work place, these greedy bastards were laughing their heads off. Who can recall Geoff Dixon railing against the greedy Qantas employees, while his wallet got fatter - I don’t recall them being castigated by Howard or the media! Makes me sick! Nobody ‘earns’ that amount of money, it’s a gift and it’s paid out of money that the workers via their hard labour produced.

We saw gross examples of these CEO’s greed in the US, when the peoples’ money was paid to these ‘people’ to socialise the debts they produced, and then they arrogantly grabbed the money, gave themselves bigger bonuses, just before they walked - if they hadn’t changed their tune they may have been lynched? Are they ignorant, callous or just plain greedy, or all three? It really galls me, that those on the lowest rung of the income ladder got zilch at the last decision, while these mongrels got, in some circumstances a 300% increase. As for Joe Hockey who said it’s up to the shareholders to keep them in check; the fact is, that even when the shareholders voiced their outrage, they too were given the ‘middle finger’ and business went on as usual - I think this applied to Telstra and BHP Billiton, and probably more!

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