tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465015914589377788.post3297307073341975837..comments2024-02-17T11:07:06.232-05:00Comments on Michael James on Money: Silly Headline about CEO CompensationMichael Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10362529610470788243noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465015914589377788.post-13577940835414440872009-01-06T00:09:00.000-05:002009-01-06T00:09:00.000-05:00Gene: Thanks. A have a fairly strong sense of sc...Gene: Thanks. A have a fairly strong sense of scale. I was confident that the headline was off by at least an order of magnitude before I really thought about it.<BR/><BR/>The part that bothers me the most about all this is that this report completely undermines its own credibility with this nonsense. The truth is impressive enough without having to mislead people.Michael Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362529610470788243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465015914589377788.post-57019170968863211842009-01-06T00:05:00.000-05:002009-01-06T00:05:00.000-05:00Me again.That IS a silly headline, and like you sa...Me again.<BR/><BR/>That IS a silly headline, and like you say, the study's presenter was equally to blame. Sure, if we allow that the CEO starts getting paid on January 1st, a holiday, by the start of his first workday, he has made almost $40,000.<BR/><BR/>The pertinent part is the one day, not the four minutes! Yeesh.<BR/><BR/>Good find, and good investigation.genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05608927986297939720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465015914589377788.post-68864718175569091372009-01-05T09:36:00.000-05:002009-01-05T09:36:00.000-05:00Hmmm.. about $40,000 per day? Those guys must own...Hmmm.. about $40,000 per day? Those guys must own a lot of Ford Focuses!<BR/><BR/>Time for a corporate salary cap.genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05608927986297939720noreply@blogger.com