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Congratulations dude. How you going with studies? Considered your majors in Arts yet?

re: The Official Cricket Thread Aussies look in trouble at 4/82. Haddin and Kat to fire? Hopefully! :uhoh:

I love this guy. Absolute legend he is.

"Rudd is mimicking Obama's rhetoric, but on a different continent with very different circumstances. In other words, this is about theatre, not substance." Couldn't have put it better myself, Pete. :)

I couldn't agree more. Anything that gives more power to shareholders regarding remuneration of executives is a good thing. So you're stance is that government should never, under any circumstance, intervene in companies? Would you ever shift that position? It's certainly not ideal, especially...

Hmmm. He likes the possible death threats? :)

This. dOnT qUeStIoN aNyThInG, eVeR!!!1!!1!! You assume I don't have any Suncorp shares?

It's more the basis on why they are being paid it. The amount is irrelevant. That's completely acceptable. Although, what changed my opinion from being 'let the shareholders deal with it' to 'this isn't working' was the fact that shareholders do have certain powers, but currently this system...

I wholeheartedly agree with the fundamentals of your position. Normally, I would support the market taking care of the issue and fiercely disagree with anyone who tried to sell me the merits of government intervention into the markets. However, with recent events both here and abroad, ethics...

All of this is a dead argument though, executives can't confirm for themselves that there will be 'more attractive' opportunities abroad, directly related to size of termination packages, because they don't know if other countries will follow. Even if this issue was a major consideration for...

Why though? It doesn't seem that obvious to me. In reality, all other conditions of employment are rarely, if ever, equal.

Why not further explain the rationale for taking your position, like Graney? That way we can get an insight into why.

That's all well and good that they evaluate the potential termination package, but i'd certainly be worried if it was more influential than the salary package for services performed under contract. Also, can you confirm that negotiations regarding termination packages are discussed at the same...

Here champ, have a lollypop! :) I appreciate the article you posted in the other thread regarding government interference, but I fail to see the relevance of that article in regards to the issue discussed in this thread. Re-read the discussion rather than simply the thread title. Further, I...

Oh no you di'nt!

Oh hai, Great Leap Forward! :wave:

Haven't actually heard his views on this though, right? :)

Being extreme personalities, highly competitive and materialistic is all fine in my books. I think whilst under contract and in service, executives should receive every penny they are worth for their efforts. After all, many have enormous pressures to deal with daily. However, this still...

Um, because they still aren't bailing out companies? Would be interested in finding studies involving executives and how much consideration they give to the size of potential handshakes when evaluating remuneration levels of companies pre-contract.

Fundamentally though, why would highly competent executives with proper ethical standings be concerned about how much they'll get paid when they leave a company? If this legislation doesn't alter/affect remuneration for in-contract services to a company, I don't see that they should have valid...