$18m paycheck to WaMu CEO after just 3 weeks on the job

His name is Alan Fishman.
His name is Alan Fishman.

First rule of project mayhem is... Don't ask questions..

Ride on!

I await the day when regulatory scissors cut enough holes in those golden parachutes to send the suits plunging back towards reality.

I think they get these golden parachutes because they have seen the evidence to the crimes. They are paid to keep their mouths closed. Sounds criminal to me!

This is utterly disgusting. Greed never stops. People at the top are the epitome of selfishness and greed. The clear reflection of the ugly side of humanity at its best.

trickle down theory really works! Even though i've never seen any money trickle down to me...my corporate overlords tell me it will though.

Well he hasn't officially accepted the pay out yet.

I can almost hear Fishman's response.
"F*ckin' crybabies! It's my money! You hear me?!"
*jumps up and down*
"Mine, Mine, MINE!! You want it back? SUE ME!!
Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha..."
*choke sputter cough*
"Damn. Swallowed my cigar."

leave the poor guy alone. so he gets 18mil so what! you people nag and cry about how the CEO's get all the money wa-wa-wa...

The problem is that American's worship these greedy bastards like they are pop stars, and we can't fix anything until we change our views.

This is what concerns me about the bail out that our supposed elected officials are going to be packaging.
We know that there will be more of these little golden parachutes floating down from the sky when it all shakes out.
Would like to see a few of these parachutes not open when these guys jump!

No amount of bailouts will change human nature. You should have seen the Christmas bonuses the CEO of an institution I worked for years ago got... just for a Christmas bonus! And this is despicable. These banks have credit card customers unable to pay their bills because of the rates and fees piled on them even if one payment is late... and these bastards walk away with millions. Herein lies the endemic problem with the entire system that one Congressional bailout will not solve.

This is absolutely disgusting, thumbs up to the story.

Wamu is despicable to allow this guy to make that kind of money for that short of time. Ridiculous.

I have a good friend, Curt Craighead, who has convinced me there is no escape from human nature, and that the people at the top are often the worst examples of humanity. They got there doing the wrong things and treating people in ways most of us wouldn't treat them. The idea that we expect greed to curtail itself at the last minute is silly. It's us, the decent people, who have to stand up and start swinging.

Part of me want to say the guy will do the right thing and refuse this give-away.

Another part of me wants to scream, how is all this happening?

And more, this has been going on for so long, and before we just didn't notice it. Now they want the lowly tax payers to foot the bills for their excesses. With no promise to change.