Originally posted by: Pastore
Originally posted by: wetech
Originally posted by: Pastore
Originally posted by: wetech
Originally posted by: shocksyde
Sweet, Obama just mentioned this in the debate!
The guys that went on the retreat were the 70ish top insurance sales guys in the entire company. Obama says they should be fired. Doesn't it make sense to actually retain the top performers in a company that you're trying to turn around, so the gov't can get it's money back? I know it sounds good to say that they should be fired... it'll get good press and public approval, but it's really a stupid statement to make.
The people who decided not to cancel this retreat are the ones who should be fired. That half million dollars should be paid back. If you want to reward people for selling, that's called commission, not half million dollar mini vacations.
I'm not trying to defend the retreat, but the cost per person that attended is about 6k each. That's not exactly excessive, considering that they probably brought in millions in revenue each.
Then that 6k should be built into their (I'm sure very extravagant) commission packages. Fuck the use of these lavish fringe benefits.
It is mind boggling that this company, after all its losses, would continue this behavior.
Who is liable for seeing this $80 billion is being spent responsibly?