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Well, Mayer faced tremendous reputation risk if she failed. Now that she has failed, she is not held in remotely the same high regard that she was prior to tak

Well, Mayer faced tremendous reputation risk if she failed. Now that she has failed, she is not held in remotely the same high regard that she was prior to taking the helm of Yahoo. She's also been implicated in some of Yahoo's more embarrassing missteps during her tenure. So it's important to weight the parachute against her annual salary in a "safe" job for 3-5 years. It may still seem overvalued (or undervalued) but the price was reached through negotiation.

cobalt 10y ago
so? If I fuck up, I burn my reputation as well (It may be easier to hide, but it still stands) and I don't get a giant payout
- grandalf 10y ago
  It depends on your market power when negotiating your contract. Most employees don't have enough market power to negotiate anything more than a week severance pay.
- valuearb 10y ago
  You weren't already worth $300M.