The top executives salaries should be cut while AT&T and AT&T stock underperforms. Are we the only company dumb enough to pay excessive salaries to people that have repeatedly made bad decisions and run a company in the ground? To the geniuses that say executive salaries are a drop in the bucket on AT&T’s debt, it’s not about the insignificant amount that their salaries would reduce the debt. It’s about leading by example and proving that YOU are also willing to make a sacrifice while YOU outsource and lay off the people that make less a year, than you make in 1 day. Lastly, do some research into higher performing companies in the US, the companies that are the most profitable and are the money makers in the stock market. Many of them started with an average Joe that had common sense and knew what consumers of the world actually want. They didn’t try to follow the pack, copying other people’s ideas hoping to duplicate success of others. They led the pack by being innovative and created new products and services. COPYCAT FAILURES DO NOT DESERVE MILLIONS IN TOTAL COMPENSATION.
“Cutting Randall Stephenson's $29,000,000 in total compensation would be a good start in reducing debt. If he is truly serious about reducing AT&T’s debt, he should lead by example and initiate the pay reduction himself. Even better cut the top 4 levels of AT&T’s management salaries. A calculator probably would not even be able to display the total combined compensation of AT&T’s top 4 levels of management. Replace them all with average Joe’s and Jane’s. Joe and Jane are the people that actually pay for AT&T’s services. Joe and Jane know what they want and don’t want, therefore Joe and Jane would do a much better job in Randall’s shoes and would be more than happy with a $200k per year salary.”