Sunday, March 22, 2009

Friel Feels Fine

The amounts of money being looted these days sickens me.

"PerkinElmer CEO gets 30% raise in total pay" by Associated Press | March 21, 2009

NEW YORK - PerkinElmer Inc. president and chief executive Robert F. Friel received a 30 percent boost in compensation in 2008, his first year in the latter position, mainly on stock options that had their value cut as the health and industrial sciences company's stock plunged.

Friel's overall pay was valued at just over $6.6 million, up from $5.1 million in 2007, according to a regulatory filing yesterday. He became chief executive 2008 and had been president since July 2007 while serving as chief operating officer.

In 2008, his salary rose 35 percent to $852,115 while his performance-based cash bonus increased 10 percent to just under $2.8 million. Other compensation, which includes financial planning and car allowances, rose 36 percent to $103,310....

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How are you doing, America? Got a roof over your head? Enough food to eat? You are not sick, are you? HOW LONG are you going to PUT UP with this SHIT?!!!