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Though sometimes firing leads to the "Chaos at the top at Company X" which shareholders really don't like. Resigning is usually win/win at CEO level.

• protomyth 14y ago
  If the company cannot handle getting a C-level executive to resign, then it is well and truly screwed.
• gte910h 14y ago
  ESpecially since you're almost always a major stockholder