Monday, March 19, 2012

THE GREED OF THE 1%


Craig Dubow the former CEO of  Gannett the owner of at least 80 newspapers around the country received a 32 million dollar severance when he retired with health concerns. What did this guy do to deserve that kind of compensation?  Stock prices fell from 72 dollars to 10, revenues dropped 1.7 billion dollars, and he laid off 20,000 employees. When times get tough guys like him say we have to cut cut cut. He lays off people, makes people work longer hours for less pay.  When they say shared sacrifice they mean everyone but them. It reminds me of the company I worked for.  They put us into bankruptcy, and then they treat themselves to a retention bonus, when they come out of bankruptcy another bonus, then when the company is sold they get a huge buy out. These people wonder why the regular people are starting to be so upset.

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