Its been few days since I've been laid off.
The company I work for gave me 2 weeks of severance pay for every year that I've worked for and I'll survive for another month or so before having to dip into my savings.
Am not unhappy about this(layoff) but merely trying to get a grip on how companies treat workers in the U.S.
So called Capitalism cannot or does not want to reward employees who worked hard but now are losing their jobs yet doesn't blink while rewarding sky-high salaries and perks for CEOs.
I'll tell you what. I'll name my employer. Its CEO made it to the top 15 pharma companies who shelled out ridiculous amount of money to keep him on its payroll.
Top 15 Big Pharma Paychecks of 2008:
1. Bill Weldon - Johnson & Johnson - $29.4M
2. Miles White - Abbott Laboratories - $28.3M
3. Bernard Poussot - Wyeth - $25M
4. Jim Cornelius - Bristol-Myers Squibb - $25M
5. Richard Clark - Merck - $19.9M
6. Robert Parkinson - Baxter International - $16M
7. David Vasella - Novartis - $15.1M
8. Jeffrey Kindler - Pfizer - $14.8M
9. Frank Baldino - Cephalon - $14.5M
10. John Lechleiter - Eli Lilly - $13M
11. Fred Hassan - Schering-Plough $12.9M
12. Robert Coury - Mylan $12.5M
13. Werner Wenning - Bayer - $4.8M
14. David Brennan - AstraZeneca - $4.7M
15. Severin Schwan - Roche - $4.5M
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