Comments on: Yahoo CEO’s Salary: $1M if She Sucks, $19M if She Kicks Butt!

By: water Tanks

water Tanks — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:52:35 +0000

I think this is the way most ceo should be paid.
Alot of seo are overpaid for constant paid performances and then when they get rid of them, they give them a nice multi million dollar golden hand shake…

Thanks for the article

By: Srv

Srv — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:11:10 +0000

I see this perfectly placed. For the best interest of everyone, we need Yahoo to stood up and give some fight to Google.

I hope Yahoo will come up strong.

By: Kenney and Kim

Kenney and Kim — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:58:17 +0000

I love it. I think more companies and almost all publicly traded companies should go to a performanced based salary. Get the job done get paid. I mean your not gonna starve on a $1 million salary, so she’ll be alright. But the upside is awesome.

Maybe Yahoo will set the trend for this new type of CEO salary offerings. Especially in a economy like this one.

By: Friendster Layouts

Friendster Layouts — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:25:37 +0000

Wow! That is a very huge amount. I wish I could also earn that much some time in the future.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:04:24 +0000

It is crazy that one of the most trafficked websites in the world is such a mess they cannot see a light at the end of the tunnel. It sounds like they really need to take things in a new direction.

By: Frank Reed

Frank Reed — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:06:54 +0000

Oh no! This reeks of responsible corporate activity. We can't have that. It'll cut down on the news stream to complain about how Yahoo! is wasting their (stockholder's) money. I actually have to start rooting for these guys since there is apparently some common sense and fiscal conservatism on the board (at least outwardly). @Andy, I'm not so sure that she is confident she can turn it around. Maybe the base and cash payout is actually reasonable to her and other "step up" clauses (varying degrees of success rewarded as well as the final goal) exist that we are not privy to. Who knows. I'm just happy to see that someone took the job! Frank Reed's last blog post..Typical Twitter Types to Tolerate and Twollow

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:49:38 +0000

Yeah I think yahoo is offering that bonus as an incentive for her to work harder to earn it. Good strategy by them. But 1M is still good money IMHO lol Brandon's last blog post..Monetizing A Website To Earn An Income

By: Goran Web Design

Goran Web Design — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:29:40 +0000

Good idea from YAhoo!’s side.. ensure they don’t just hire someone who’s along for an overpaid ride to the company’s financial decimation! And, one assumes, she’s confident she can help the company get back on it’s feet.. the next year or two should be interesting

By: Xbox 360

Xbox 360 — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:41:07 +0000

there’s an incentive to work harder if ever I saw one

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Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:51:11 +0000

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By: Jason Kuiper

Jason Kuiper — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:47:59 +0000

That is more than a fair deal. You hold up your end of the bargain, and they will hold up theres!

By: Shirley

Shirley — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:58:00 +0000

Yeh, that is low compensation if she's bad... But who knows, she might just be what Yahoo needs. And she'll definitely work harder for that bonus! Shirley's last blog post..ALT vs. TITLE Attributes For Images in HTML

By: Jayson

Jayson — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:17:26 +0000

I’ll take it for $0 and get a million if I win!

I think that’s a fair deal, I’d be more interested in learning what she earned after the first round.

By: Jacques Seoman

Jacques Seoman — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:53:05 +0000

Well this is good news for Yahoo, as a performance-based package like this means that she isn’t merely there as a board-buddy that could extract some more loot out of a company stuck in a downward spiral. Now let’s see her plans for Yahoo unfold!

By: DF Marketing SEO

DF Marketing SEO — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:53:31 +0000

Wow, thats a nice incentive to perform! lol

By: ian

ian — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:10:37 +0000

I was skeptical about her at first, but her record, attitude and now this performance-based package make me think that a smart outsider like her could make a BIG difference. Ballmer's probably throwing things right now. ian's last blog post..Microsoft AdCenter Finally Brings Us Custom Date Ranges

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:54:06 +0000

@Sheila – Lolcat blog title FAIL!

By: Sheila

Sheila — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:12:14 +0000

ahem – you missed an opportunity to use the more descriptive version of sucks – psuks

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By: Andrew Melchior

Andrew Melchior — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:02:13 +0000

It will be interesting to see what Bartz can do. I think she is going to have to make some pretty big changes and invent some great ideas to turn Yahoo back in the right direction, and it seems like she has some good incentive…19,000,000 good incentives, but what a task. Honestly, I wish her good luck and hopefully some fun helpful things come out of it for Yahoo users.

By: PS3

PS3 — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:48:25 +0000

That would sound a lot of money if I hadn’t just heard that the footballer (soccer star!) Kaka is being signed for 90 million GBP and will get 500,000 GBP a week wages!