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Why does everyone keep pointing out Mayer's compensation on this deal? Nobody said a word about the $200M that went Tim Armstrong's way in the Aol deal. [1] C

Why does everyone keep pointing out Mayer's compensation on this deal? Nobody said a word about the $200M that went Tim Armstrong's way in the Aol deal. [1] Can't help but think that if Yahoo had a male ceo nobody would be making these comments. [1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2015/05/12/tim-armstrongs-aol-stock-worth-200-million-after-verizon-deal/#4db0cc8543e6 http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2015/05/12/tim-armst...

epmatsw 10y ago
I think that's probably true, but I bet not directly. People know her name because she is a woman who is a CEO (which unfortunately is still noteworthy), and people note her compensation because they know her name. Who has even heard of Tim Armstrong?
- TillE 10y ago
  Tim Armstrong was in the news a couple years ago, but the only reason I remember his name is because he shares it with the lead singer of Rancid. And yeah, if you haven't noticed the widespread backlash against executive compensation in the past few years, you really haven't been paying attention.
- no1ne 10y ago
  People know her name only because the media forced it down our throats since she is a woman.
_delirium 10y ago
People complain about golden parachutes all the time, e.g. the executive payouts in the Blackberry and Nokia acquisitions were also heavily criticized. One of thousands of articles: http://business.financialpost.com/news/fp-street/how-golden-parachutes-for-ceos-are-still-full-of-holes http://business.financialpost.com/news/fp-street/how-golden-...
intoverflow2 10y ago
Did anyone care what happened to AOL though? Yahoo had several well loved properties that they bought and ran into the ground. You're comparing someone selling a truckload of junk for decent profit to someone who keeps buying expensive stuff, actively breaking it or leaving it to fester then selling it for a loss and being paid off for doing so.

epmatsw 10y ago

I think that's probably true, but I bet not directly. People know her name because she is a woman who is a CEO (which unfortunately is still noteworthy), and people note her compensation because they know her name. Who has even heard of Tim Armstrong?

TillE 10y ago
Tim Armstrong was in the news a couple years ago, but the only reason I remember his name is because he shares it with the lead singer of Rancid. And yeah, if you haven't noticed the widespread backlash against executive compensation in the past few years, you really haven't been paying attention.
no1ne 10y ago
People know her name only because the media forced it down our throats since she is a woman.

_delirium 10y ago

People complain about golden parachutes all the time, e.g. the executive payouts in the Blackberry and Nokia acquisitions were also heavily criticized. One of thousands of articles: http://business.financialpost.com/news/fp-street/how-golden-parachutes-for-ceos-are-still-full-of-holes http://business.financialpost.com/news/fp-street/how-golden-...

intoverflow2 10y ago

Did anyone care what happened to AOL though? Yahoo had several well loved properties that they bought and ran into the ground. You're comparing someone selling a truckload of junk for decent profit to someone who keeps buying expensive stuff, actively breaking it or leaving it to fester then selling it for a loss and being paid off for doing so.