> Because otherwise they couldn't hire a good CEO. Yet they expect to hire good lawyers / engineers / team managers / janitors etc without such golden parachu

> Because otherwise they couldn't hire a good CEO. Yet they expect to hire good lawyers / engineers / team managers / janitors etc without such golden parachutes. Why is the CEO position rewarded so greatly? Because the board comprises CEOs of other organisations. They are the nobility of our era and look out for one another.