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Verizon To Lay Off 1,700 Workers After Paying CEO $22 Million Last Year

Verizon Wireless

America’s largest wireless service provider plans to cut 1,700 jobs by offering its technicians and call center employees buyouts. Verizon Communications announced last week that it would reduce its nationwide workforce by 1 percent, and if enough workers don’t accept the buyouts, it will resort to involuntary layoffs. Verizon paid chief executive Lowell C. McAdam more than $22.5 million in 2011, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of executive compensation.

 

Typical CEO made $9.6M last year, AP study finds

Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm. That was up more than 6 percent from the previous year, and is the second year in a row of increases. The figure is also the highest since the AP began tracking executive compensation in 2006.

 

Ford CEO Mulally made $29.5 million in 2011

Ford

The pay package for Ford CEO Alan Mulally rose 11 percent last year to $29.5 million, or a little more than $5 for every vehicle sold.

 

Penney CEO Paid $53 Million

J.C. Penney paid its new CEO, Ronald Johnson, $53.3 million in total compensation in 2011.

 

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