"Whilst looking for something completely different I came across this list of domestic CEO salaries. I thought it would be interesting to strip out some of the data and look at those CEO’s who are paid the most but whose companies lose the most money. Its remarkable how well you can do when your company is not doing that well…." CEO Salaries
there is a theory , that management of stressed companies need to be paid more , as more work , and positive outcome is needed . take your pick on 'poisoned chalice ' or 'miracle worker ' i find the bonuses more interesting than the base salary but super payouts ( Paladin Energy in particular ) you would hope would be salary sacrifice .