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10. Rewarded for being fired for dereliction of duty

Tue May 15, 2012, 08:17 AM

May 2012

What is wrong with a society when get rewarded for being fired?

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Fired JP Morgan CEO gets $32 million dollars as her severance pay [View all] Ichingcarpenter May 2012 OP

LEGALIZED. THEFT. HughBeaumont May 2012 #1

Well she did make $3.7B in 2009. Lucky Luciano May 2012 #8

at least she's not a union thug with a strangling union contract leftyohiolib May 2012 #2

... xchrom May 2012 #3

. Wilms May 2012 #11

The next person who complains about public employee pensions... Starry Messenger May 2012 #6

Heavens! However will the poor dear survive? deutsey May 2012 #7

RACKET. And I don't mean tennis. nt valerief May 2012 #9

Rewarded for being fired for dereliction of duty liberal N proud May 2012 #10

Bank Bets.... heads they win. Tails, taxpayers lose (again). jerseyjack May 2012 #12

Sounds about right. progressoid May 2012 #13

I'll bet she's feeling really chastized for her screwup CanonRay May 2012 #14

You gotta change that misleading headline. Prometheus Bound May 2012 #15

On a salary... Godot51 May 2012 #16

Her severance was 450,000. The 32 million was already hers. Godhumor May 2012 #17

Yep. nt Lucky Luciano May 2012 #18

Nobody. Nobody is worth that sum of money. nt snappyturtle May 2012 #19

Ah, that's it then! Should have given her a massive bonus too... JHB May 2012 #31

incompetence seems to pay. BootinUp May 2012 #21

Yes, Virginia, bvar22 May 2012 #22

Her severance was 450k not 32 million Godhumor May 2012 #24

Regardless, I'm pretty sure she'll be OK. Bake May 2012 #25

How in fucking hell is this legal?? It's theft plain and simple. Initech May 2012 #26

Deferred is your money, there would be no way to take that back Godhumor May 2012 #29

Yes, especially if fired for mismanagement. SammyWinstonJack May 2012 #30

She was not CEO. Jamie Dimon is JPM's CEO. AlinPA May 2012 #28

How do we know that this $32 million..? kentuck May 2012 #33