Once you get into the CEOs club, it's plain sailing.<p>What I find hilarious is the turn of phrase on Yahoo's own version of this article.<p>"Carol Bartz received a $47.2 million compensation package during her first year on the job as the Internet company tried to motivate her to engineer a turnaround."
Isn't doing a good job motivation enough (in addition to already substantial compensation at that level)?<p>Secondly,
"Bartz generally impressed analysts by closing Yahoo's unprofitable services, laying off workers and saving even more money by striking an Internet search partnership with Microsoft Corp."<p>Wow, that required real creativity and lateral thinking. That kind of execution sure will help bring Yahoo up out of the morass. Where's the forward thinking?<p>Reading about the stereotypical American CEO, it seems to be all about layoffs and making the short-term bottom-line look good before bailing as the emperor is revealed to have no clothes due to lack of R&D or any thinking past milking of current cash cows.<p>At some point there's nothing left to cut from the hollow shell.