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65. Don't weep for her. Weep for women to whom the same kind of thing

Reply to marble falls (Reply #17)

Thu Feb 6, 2014, 08:48 AM

Feb 2014

happens all the time and has happened since forever.

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GM�s First Female CEO Will Make Half Of What Her Predecessor Made [View all] geardaddy Feb 2014 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author El_Johns Feb 2014 #1

Poor thing. n/t lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #2

somebody isn't good at math and doesn't understand stock options snooper2 Feb 2014 #3

DING DING DING DING joeglow3 Feb 2014 #37

Did you see the word "options" in the story too? merrily Feb 2014 #63

Performance comp. stock based comp. all the same joeglow3 Feb 2014 #70

It was a simple question, merrily Feb 2014 #73

Sorry for the bluntness joeglow3 Feb 2014 #75

Thank you for the apology--very rare on message board-- and I accept gratefully. merrily Feb 2014 #76

I did not see the word "options" in the story. merrily Feb 2014 #62

He did not get options. He got shares of stock outright, except for a restriction on how merrily Feb 2014 #74

I don't feel bad for people HappyMe Feb 2014 #4

Yes but I can imagine the conversation that went along with the decision justiceischeap Feb 2014 #5

The money she isn't getting sure HappyMe Feb 2014 #6

No doubt. However, when it is in fact, regarded by gender LanternWaste Feb 2014 #9

I am all about the equal pay HappyMe Feb 2014 #10

Considering that 5 of the 14 board of directors for GM are women, I can't imagine that conversation. yawnmaster Feb 2014 #50

Aren't we suppose to Applaud CEO's taking pay cuts. Heather MC Feb 2014 #36

I don't feel bad for the $1,000,000 or more a year club, either, but merrily Feb 2014 #64

The outgoing guy also served as HappyMe Feb 2014 #72

Too bad it takes promoting a woman to CEO TexasProgresive Feb 2014 #7

Where I Was Going ProfessorGAC Feb 2014 #15

GAC!!! hfojvt Feb 2014 #27

Oh dear... DURHAM D Feb 2014 #8

I think that is what has already happened. I know quite a few places that favor hiring women bettyellen Feb 2014 #14

That, of course, is one of the more rational reasons men don't want to compete Nay Feb 2014 #52

Sooo...Yeah! and Booo! progressoid Feb 2014 #11

Only $4.4 million per year, Progressive dog Feb 2014 #12

Agreed. geardaddy Feb 2014 #13

Cry me a river Dopers_Greed Feb 2014 #16

She's still over paid. Period. I'm trying to weep for her but I can't even get a tear out. Halleluah marble falls Feb 2014 #17

Agreed. She's overpaid. geardaddy Feb 2014 #18

Don't weep for her. Weep for women to whom the same kind of thing merrily Feb 2014 #65

These are who I am much much more worked up over: underpaid women without a living wage. marble falls Feb 2014 #66

Ain't it the truth. Many of them head of households, too. merrily Feb 2014 #67

I bet that a single woman is more likely to be supporting a family than a single man. marble falls Feb 2014 #69

hard to believe hfojvt Feb 2014 #19

anything over my current pay would be an improvement. Javaman Feb 2014 #20

Don't care about her gender marions ghost Feb 2014 #21

Not entirely accurate. former9thward Feb 2014 #22

This is correct mythology Feb 2014 #68

One of the BONEHEAD moves the prior CEO did was sell the Electro-Motive Division... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #23

That was an incredibly boneheaded move. geardaddy Feb 2014 #25

It was a few CEOs earlier than his immediate predecessor. tammywammy Feb 2014 #29

I'm not surprised there was more than one idiot. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #30

Dan Ackerson lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #35

And that business model of not representing shareholders caused a meltdown on the Right.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #46

My engineer brother worked for GM LittleGirl Feb 2014 #43

I keep being reminded of this... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #44

Love MM LittleGirl Feb 2014 #48

A lot more than Ed Schultz. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #51

I wonder if the responses would be the same if we were talking about the Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #24

I would react the same. HappyMe Feb 2014 #26

Wait until male executives start getting paid less because of lower female exec salaries. Starry Messenger Feb 2014 #40

I'm outraged Glassunion Feb 2014 #28

Much Ado About Nothing erpowers Feb 2014 #31

Well, you never know when she'll get pregnant and leave. valerief Feb 2014 #32

I'm torn on this. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #33

what this is, is a window into what all women face everywhere. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2014 #34

Wouldn't that be wonderful. I hope she does this very thing - Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #38

She is actually going to make more money than the last CEO snooper2 Feb 2014 #39

I'll need you to break it down for me, then. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2014 #41

+1000 geardaddy Feb 2014 #42

+1000 JDPriestly Feb 2014 #47

yes. I wouldn't want to be looking for work as an older woman.... BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2014 #57

You are so right. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #59

Equal pay for equal work? JDPriestly Feb 2014 #45

Barra is only CEO, Akerson was CEO and Chairman tammywammy Feb 2014 #49

Daniel Akerson was installed by the Treasury/Obama administration, recruited from the Carlyle group. Romulox Feb 2014 #53

This is so wrong in so many ways...I don't know if I would accept the position at all with that Drew Richards Feb 2014 #54

Maybe because there's more to it than that. tammywammy Feb 2014 #55

sound logic we should wait and see...(rant) its too much anyway dammit...plutarchs! (snark) Drew Richards Feb 2014 #56

Gee bucolic_frolic Feb 2014 #58

How is reducing CEO salaries a bad thing? tinrobot Feb 2014 #60

"...$4.68 million as an outside senior adviser. " pangaia Feb 2014 #61

Did she ask for it to be less? 47of74 Feb 2014 #71

THIS! is what feminism is all about. nt Romulox Feb 2014 #77