34 Quotes by Paul Hodgson

Transparency is a big problem. Disclosure levels in the United States are not as good as in other parts of the world.

With CEOs receiving an average $15 million to start, and $16.5 million to finish, ... they hardly need to make any money in between.

This will continue to be a hot topic for a lot of tech companies. Companies are beginning to realize that their time is limited for ignoring the cost of options.

The grant of the stock options, however, is less excusable. What they've done is not particularly wise (in this era of scrutiny), but certainly, it's not illegal.

The reason the C.E.O. got the job in the first place was to increase long-term revenue. The daily operational results are affected by executives much further down the chain.

There is no lack of stockholder proposals objecting to the size of severance packages and calling for them to be reduced,

The very idea that someone earning $20 million should need reimbursement for any cost performing their duties as COO is curious enough. That they should be reimbursed (for) living in their own house takes it to a different level of absurdity.

Sounds like a much more effective use for the money than distributing it to three executives who are already receiving a large amount of compensation.

Compensation increases for CEOs, while far exceeding those for other employees, have dropped from the heady levels found in last year's survey.