Um, what? Anyone who wants to leave for greener pastures because they're such a superstar should leave now. Take it or just leave. Now. (It would be fascinating to see exactly where they think the job opportunities are better.)
Base salaries at the companies on average rose 14 percent to $437,896 a year, the paper said, adding that 89 of the 136 employees under the U.S. pay czar's review got a raise in base salary.Shouldn't they have thought about this before gambling away the economy?
The paper added that Feinberg agreed to more than double cash salaries for 13 of 21 Citigroup employees.
Government officials told the paper they agreed to increase some base salaries in the wake of some companies expressing concern that the pay czar was planning to lock up too much employees' compensation for the long term.
