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Outrageous Outrage of the Day: GM Edition
Grand Rants ^ | 02-23-10 | Stoutcat

Posted on 02/23/2010 9:07:58 AM PST by Stoutcat

Remember former GM CEO Fritz Henderson? The fellow who stepped up to the plate when our President fired former GM CEO Rick Waggoner? Yeah, Fritz lasted less than a year, before giving up his CEO spot to Ed Whitacre.

Well, good old Fritz Henderson is back. Apparently he’s been hired as a consultant for GM, and will be taking home quite the hefty pay check for about 20 hours of work per month...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: fritzhenderson; generalmotors; gm

1 posted on 02/23/2010 9:07:58 AM PST by Stoutcat
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To: Stoutcat

I dunno—I can think of a lot bigger outrages than this—and more expensive by several order of magnitude.


2 posted on 02/23/2010 9:16:23 AM PST by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: Stoutcat

$2,954.50 per hour

* 20 hours/month

=

$59090.00 per month

* 12

$709,080.00 per year

And salaries in the private sector are at +/- $40,000.

Therefore, anyone earning an average salary is ‘worth’ .06% of this guy as a consultant.


3 posted on 02/23/2010 9:22:42 AM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
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To: combat_boots

Oops. wrong period, Excel. Think, Boots! That should be 6%, not .06%


4 posted on 02/23/2010 9:24:00 AM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
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To: Stoutcat

I’ll do his job for half as much. And do it twice as well.


5 posted on 02/23/2010 9:26:19 AM PST by walford (http://the-big-pic.org)
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