[durasell]

Both Ovitz and Fiorina are out. Fired. Canned. Pink slipped. Shown the door. And otherwise pursuing other interests in which their former employers have wished them luck.

Do they have to work in their lifetimes? No. Have their children's, children, children been assured of a pretty bright future? Yep.

More importantly, both would have seemed like pretty good bets when they were hired. Ovitz built a powerhouse agency from a card table in his livngroom. Fiorina seemed like just the thing for the 21st century.

In regards to compensation, anyone is worth what someone else is willing to pay.

[radicalamericannationalist]

"In regards to compensation, anyone is worth what someone else is willing to pay."

Yes but that boards of major corporations, not unsophisticated actors here, have negotiated that individuals who have been in your words "Fired. Canned. Pink slipped. Shown the door. And otherwise pursuing other interests in which their former employers have wished them luck" shows something is very wrong.

Did Ovitz and Fiorina seem like good bets? Sure. But does a deal that makes you a multi-multi-multi-millionaire in spite of colossal failure seem like a good bet? Would you hire an employee and say, "Oh, by the way, even if you are a complete screw-up and I fire you, I will pay you gobs of money?"