| Money grab This is a ridiculously thinly-veiled attempt for these folks to leech some cash from the company. It'd be no use to give them any stock (not even sure if there is any stock to give), so they have to find some way to funnel the money to them. The only other way to have done it was to have given them severance packages, but that would leave them unemployed afterwards. This way, they get the cash and still get to stay where they are, sucking a little more money from the dying company before it bites the dust. And, if by some miracle, it manages to rebound, they'll still have jobs, and they'll likely collect even bigger bonuses for turning it around. |
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 RobIn Deo speramus.Premium
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Mr. Smith currently makes $700,000 annually; Mr. Montagner and Mr. Lu $500,000 each; and Mr. Carlisle $400,000.
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| MCI worldcom anybody? bonuses are generally based on a company's performance.. and without an actual product or "SALES" to be had.. how can you "EARN" a bonus?
here's something where the FBI and government can start investigating.. instead of trying to be the copyright industry's lapdog.. |
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Re: Money grab from what i've read, the courts don't seem to like giving out retention bonuses during bankruptcies.
This may not fly anyways.
as an example: »www.washingtonpost.com/business/···ory.html |
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cdbma
join:2003-01-19
Bolton, MA | drinking the koolaid Nobody - absolutely nobody - is "irreplaceable." When the company (and the employee(s)) start believing that, the company is doomed.
So much for "pay for [company] performance." |
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| Well... I am typically not one for this. HOWEVER, they are trying to emerge from the pits of financial hell and they wont ever be able to do that unless they are able to keep key people there to help pull the company out.
If you have read the article you will see that a lot of top execs have jumped ship already and the bonuses are not just a cash give away. They include stock and cash over a 2 year period.
Its not like the borderline fraudulent thing that OnLive did. |
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| Another Headline FAIL! Yet another misleading headline.
FTA:
"LightSquared seeks to pay key executives up to $6m in bonuses"
I.E. They are asking but the courts have not agreed to do this, at least yet. What's wrong with a little accuracy?
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| Management Management covers managements ass and no one else's?!?! Say it isn't so!!!!
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| I see nothing wrong here You have to understand the huge task of actually bringing the company out of bankruptcy. I don't think there is a single person on this website who believes they will survive.
If they do -- somehow get out of bankruptcy and become fairly successful then they senior management should be paid well. Honestly a CEO making $700,000 is nothing. My company's CEO makes $9,000,000 cash before stock options and gifts. Our CFO and head council both make around $2,300,000 before stock gifts and options. Of course we also make $150,000,000 a year profit and are not in bankruptcy. |
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| Well.... Well you know how we like to get people riled up talking about how other folks are getting paid than the average worker out here.
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Snohomish, WA
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| This is not unusual or even a bad thing The same reason a few at the top large salaries, is because they will be in a position where they may do things which prevents them from ever working as an executive again.
Once hired you don't want him worring about his next job, or mortgage payment, or anything personal, you want him to be doing and thinking COMPANY FIRST 24/7/365 if needed.
and in this case the exec's were given mission impossible, not really their fault it failed, and the last think you want is for them to bailout right now, leaving no experienced (with the particulars of this company) and known (to the banks, partners and creditors) people in charge. That would be a sure path to even greater losses total liquidation. plus $6 million is cheaper than you could find someone new and qualified to step in for the next few months/year it will take to reorganize/sell of what the need to.
even shuttering a business, it takes careful planning to preserve the most assets (and LS does have substancial non-cash assets)
So the big bonus keeps the people you need there even though career wise they would like to take the next decent offer they get, or even just get out and run away fast! |
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| This is capitalism at work... The intelligent are rewarded with wealth, the weak are dispatched. This ensures the next generation will be stronger, smarter and more productive. Eventually, mankind will be better off. |
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Re: I see nothing wrong here said by daake07:You have to understand the huge task of actually bringing the company out of bankruptcy. I don't think there is a single person on this website who believes they will survive.
If they do -- somehow get out of bankruptcy and become fairly successful then they senior management should be paid well. Honestly a CEO making $700,000 is nothing. My company's CEO makes $9,000,000 cash before stock options and gifts. Our CFO and head council both make around $2,300,000 before stock gifts and options. Of course we also make $150,000,000 a year profit and are not in bankruptcy.
Maybe it's worth 6 mil to sell the useless turd of a company post bankruptcy for pennies on the dollar.. then again.. we ARE talking about a company which banked it's future growth on spectrum that would interfere with GPS and satellite radio.. apparently not good bets. LSq is a dead company.. just because they haven't expended all their cash is besides the point. The wireless carriers that exist this year and offer service, will exist next year.. wannabe players will not enter the market. There are no deals that this company can cut to get them out from under the deathbed they made for themselves save a company sale... and at that I doubt they'd even keep the LightSquared name.
It's still either illegal and/or unethical to spend millions of dollars and call it a bonus if the company doesn't acutally do business in the wirless industry. Let's be clear.. you earn a salary for work.. you earn a bonus for performance... this company has no "PROFIT" to be made, in wireless or otherwise.. if anything it's incurred and continue to incur massive losses, something I do point out that MCI world-com lied a great deal about and got the CEO in huge trouble.. |
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| "If the executives satisfy cash preservation goals, make progress in LightSquared's efforts to resolve certain regulatory issues and emerge from bankruptcy by the end of 2013, they'll receive vesting of all issued stock and "aggregate incentive payments of cash up to 285% of each such key employee's annual salary," LightSquared said. Hitting less aggressive goals, like exiting bankruptcy by the end of June 2014, would come with smaller payouts, like a cash bonus equal to 100% of the executives' annual salary, in the case of the mid-2014 bankruptcy exit."
Look at the first word in the quote above. It says it all.
And the money those guys are making is nothing. I understand it's a tiny business, but the pay is reasonable when compared to large company C-level guys.
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | reply to Eichmann
Re: This is capitalism at work...  Yeah, that's it. |
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| Rewards Why? If Lightsquared wants to reward someone - reward those who did all the legwork and research. If the top idiots made bad decisions on good information - they shouldn't be rewarded. |
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 tmpchaosRequiescat in pacePremium,Mod
join:2000-04-28
Hoboken, NJ | (topic offline) I am surprised Moderator Action
This entire topic was removed, either temporarily, or permanently.
stated reason was: Dumping political trash |
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | reply to tmc8080
Re: MCI worldcom anybody? Investigate what? Management's incompetence? Investors' stupidity? Lender's foolishness? said by totaltelecom :LightSquared's bonus proposal paves the way for a "total possible cash payout of approximately $5.985 million" over two years, said by totaltelecom :If the executives satisfy cash preservation goals, make progress in LightSquared's efforts to resolve certain regulatory issues and emerge from bankruptcy by the end of 2013, they'll receive vesting of all issued stock and "aggregate incentive payments of cash up to 285% of each such key employee's annual salary," LightSquared said. Hitting less aggressive goals, like exiting bankruptcy by the end of June 2014, would come with smaller payouts, like a cash bonus equal to 100% of the executives' annual salary, in the case of the mid-2014 bankruptcy exit. Hah, those are some very lofty goals? So, what exactly is wrong with offering bonuses for performance? |
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | reply to carpetshark3
Re: Rewards Read the article  The bonuses will be paid if the company survives and becomes functional. Why is that bad for the company or its employees? |
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