For me and several colleagues, the consensus was disappointment. Last year the company implied that changes were being made so high performers would receive greater VCIP and stock awards than in the past. We hoped these changes would overcome the fact that our raises have been pathetic for years and Success Share was ended last year. This was not the case.
Last year, our CEO’s comp was $6.2MM, of which 8.1% was salary and 91% was bonuses and stock options. Employees on the other hand receive a relatively tiny fraction in bonus and stocks. During Garland’s tenure as CEO 2012-2022 his total compensation was $201,157,000, averaging $20MM per year.
If the average salary of an employee is $150,000, ML makes 106 times the average employee.