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The article linked in from that bit is pretty good too: "IBM redefines failure as 'success,' gives underachieving CEO huge raise" - http://www.latimes.com/busi

by jobu 12y ago

The article linked in from that bit is pretty good too: "IBM redefines failure as 'success,' gives underachieving CEO huge raise" - http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-ibm-redefines-20150202-column.html http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-ibm-redefin... "The company has posted lower revenue for 11 quarters in a row." She gets a raise for successfully shrinking the company?

sgt101 12y ago
In an alien world a million billion miles away a general marshalling forces after defeat after defeat offers it's sword (or other death dealing device) to the star marshals and is told, "no, not now" but inconsolable the resignation is re-tendered, so now the star marshals give it a medal, and a pay rise and a nice pat on the heat, and it agrees to remain in charge. If I could reduce and organisation to zarg-jelly by resigning I would extract similar geld I guess..
- rspeer 12y ago
  Your analogy is hard to follow.
  - TeMPOraL 12y ago
    Well, I guess the GP meant that if you could inflict significant harm on the company by resigning, the shareholders won't let you do that, so you can just start extorting them for money.
sgt101 12y ago
In an alien world a million billion miles away a general marshalling forces after defeat after defeat offers it's sword (or other death dealing device) to the star marshals and is told, "no, not now" but inconsolable the resignation is re-tendered, so now the star marshals give it a medal, and a pay rise and a nice pat on the heat, and it agrees to remain in charge. If I could reduce and organisation to zarg-jelly by resigning I would extract similar geld I guess..
rodgerd 12y ago
Share price is up. Granted, on the back of share buyback plans partially funded by increasing debt, but shareholders are seeing the value of their shares rise.

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The article linked in from that bit is pretty good too: "IBM redefines failure as 'success,' gives underachieving CEO huge raise" - http://www.latimes.com/busi

by jobu 12y ago

sgt101 12y ago
In an alien world a million billion miles away a general marshalling forces after defeat after defeat offers it's sword (or other death dealing device) to the star marshals and is told, "no, not now" but inconsolable the resignation is re-tendered, so now the star marshals give it a medal, and a pay rise and a nice pat on the heat, and it agrees to remain in charge. If I could reduce and organisation to zarg-jelly by resigning I would extract similar geld I guess..
- rspeer 12y ago
  Your analogy is hard to follow.
  - TeMPOraL 12y ago
    Well, I guess the GP meant that if you could inflict significant harm on the company by resigning, the shareholders won't let you do that, so you can just start extorting them for money.
sgt101 12y ago
In an alien world a million billion miles away a general marshalling forces after defeat after defeat offers it's sword (or other death dealing device) to the star marshals and is told, "no, not now" but inconsolable the resignation is re-tendered, so now the star marshals give it a medal, and a pay rise and a nice pat on the heat, and it agrees to remain in charge. If I could reduce and organisation to zarg-jelly by resigning I would extract similar geld I guess..
rodgerd 12y ago
Share price is up. Granted, on the back of share buyback plans partially funded by increasing debt, but shareholders are seeing the value of their shares rise.