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Old Mar 9, 2013 | 08:05 AM
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FORD'S CEO COMPENSATION

In just over six years, the Ford CEO has amassed holdings valued at more than $300 million. Mulally now has about 7.3 million shares worth more than $93.5 million, at the recent share price. He has 17.1 million in-the-money stock options. That translates to stock worth another $220.2 million, though he'll have to pay $107.3 million to exercise those options. And Mulally has a separate retirement account with $3 million in company contributions. That brings his Ford holdings to $317 million. That figure doesn't include additional Ford shares that Mulally sold for $64 million in order to cover the cost of converting the options and paying taxes on them.

Oh I know Ford has been very good to its employees but this is pure BS here. And if one looks at the other "higher ups" at Ford their compensation each year is also in the millions.

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Old Mar 10, 2013 | 12:01 AM
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From what I understand, he's pretty much responsible for turning FoMoCo around.

Maybe in terms of what he's done for them it's a good deal.

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Old Mar 10, 2013 | 03:02 AM
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In most cases CEO pay is based on performance.Ford has performed well. why the problem with his pay?
 
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Old Mar 10, 2013 | 03:17 AM
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From what I understand, he's pretty much responsible for turning FoMoCo around.

Maybe in terms of what he's done for them it's a good deal.
If Bill Ford hadn't hired Alan Mullaly away from Boeing, FoMoCo most likely would have gone bankrupt.

2005: FoMoCo put up all the company assets including the rights to the blue oval to procure as 23.8 billion dollar loan to stave off bankruptcy.

Now y'all know why FoMoCo didn't need 'bailout' bucks.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2013 | 07:27 AM
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So?

He earned it. He paid attention in school and he has a better job, and makes more money, than the rest of us.

So what's the problem? Are you wanting him to "redistribute" some of his wealth to you?
 
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Old Mar 10, 2013 | 07:34 AM
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Human beings. One flawed species and then some. God is spelled M-O-N-E-Y.

or...

Human beings. One flawed species and then some. Satan is spelled J-E-A-L-O-U-S-Y, which would seem to be the usual motivation for starting threads such as this one.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2013 | 07:44 AM
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Why people gotta be haters??? I'm so broke can't afford to pay attention half the time but I say GOOD FOR HIM and Thank You for bringing FoMoCo back up
 
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Old Mar 10, 2013 | 09:57 AM
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Wonder how much GM's CEO's got from our tax money?
 
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Good for him. At least he's not getting paid for failure. Of note............

Ford's 45,800 UAW workers are receiving a record $8,300 in profit sharing this year, the largest amount a domestic automaker has paid out since profit sharing was introduced in 1983.
Almost half of the workers are in Michigan and will receive their checks March 14.
A revised profit-sharing formula was negotiated as part of Ford's 2011 national contract with the UAW.
The amount is based on North American profits, a simplified formula that is more transparent and easier to calculate. Last year, Ford made $8.3 billion before taxes in North American.
Salaried employees also received bonuses this year, in addition to merit raises that take effect April 1.
 
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Highway robbery.

I think the corporate World needs to do a whole lot of soul-searching vis-a-vis executive pay and compensation.

Some of the posts hinting that Mulally...and only Mulally.....'saved' Ford is cheerleading B.S. And a company doing 'well' isn't justification for throwing the entire bank at him and saying 'here ya go.......don't spend it all at once'......which is generally how executive compensation is figured (no matter HOW well....or bad....a company does).
 
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Old Mar 10, 2013 | 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by LMS Residential
Good for him. At least he's not getting paid for failure. Of note............

Ford's 45,800 UAW workers are receiving a record $8,300 in profit sharing this year, the largest amount a domestic automaker has paid out since profit sharing was introduced in 1983.
Almost half of the workers are in Michigan and will receive their checks March 14.
A revised profit-sharing formula was negotiated as part of Ford's 2011 national contract with the UAW.
The amount is based on North American profits, a simplified formula that is more transparent and easier to calculate. Last year, Ford made $8.3 billion before taxes in North American.
Salaried employees also received bonuses this year, in addition to merit raises that take effect April 1.
But, Mulally negotiated new labor contracts that have lowered Ford's hourly labor costs from $75/hour to $55/hour.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2013 | 05:22 PM
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But, Mulally negotiated new labor contracts that have lowered Ford's hourly labor costs from $75/hour to $55/hour.
Then I need to get a job at Ford.

Seems like the lowered costs are borne primarily by new hires and not taken away from senior employees.

Ford Says Hourly Labor Costs $8 More Than Nonunion Plants - Bloomberg

Don't get me wrong. Mulallys' compensation is absurdly atmospheric. I just find it refreshing that he does something other than running his company into the ground to earn it.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2013 | 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by cmpd1781
Highway robbery.

I think the corporate World needs to do a whole lot of soul-searching vis-a-vis executive pay and compensation.

Some of the posts hinting that Mulally...and only Mulally.....'saved' Ford is cheerleading B.S. And a company doing 'well' isn't justification for throwing the entire bank at him and saying 'here ya go.......don't spend it all at once'......which is generally how executive compensation is figured (no matter HOW well....or bad....a company does).
Would you have preferred that FoMoCo hired Jacques Nasser back, or let Bill Ford continue to run the company?

While Bill Ford was at the helm, the Ford family lost 500 million dollars of their stock value, it sank to a low of two bucks a share.

I remember that only a few years prior, it was over 175 bucks a share.

Nasser started FoMoCo's downward spiral by acquiring Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo, meanwhile neglecting Lincoln/Mercury, Crown Vic, Ranger et al.

Estimates are that FoMoCo lost over TWENTY BILLION DOLLARS on Jaguar alone, it never made one cent of profit. Land Rover made a profit exactly one month during the entire time FoMoCo owned it.

After being 'shopped' for over a year, Jaguar/Land Rover were sold off for peanuts to Tata Motors of India. Chinese autoparts maker Geely Industries bought Volvo, also for peanuts.

Only Aston Martin made a profit for FoMoCo, it was sold to a UK private investment group. Desperate for cash, FoMoCo sold 30% of their investment in Mazda back to Mazda, retaining 3%.
 
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Executive level pay is absurdly high but it's what the stock holders want. I seriously doubt that lowering Mulally's pay will drop the price of a new Ford nor has his pay raised the price.

As for the hourly workers, the UAW and Ford agreed to a two tier pay system lowering the entry level hourly pay for new workers while leaving the veteran workers pay alone.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2013 | 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by NumberDummy

Would you have preferred that FoMoCo hired Jacques Nasser back, or let Bill Ford continue to run the company?

While Bill Ford was at the helm, the Ford family lost 500 million dollars of their stock value, it sank to a low of two bucks a share.
Well. You lauded Bill Ford's hiring decision in your first post......

Originally Posted by NumberDummy

I remember that only a few years prior, it was over 175 bucks a share.

Nasser started FoMoCo's downward spiral by acquiring Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo, meanwhile neglecting Lincoln/Mercury, Crown Vic, Ranger et al.

Estimates are that FoMoCo lost over TWENTY BILLION DOLLARS on Jaguar alone, it never made one cent of profit. Land Rover made a profit exactly one month during the entire time FoMoCo owned it.

After being 'shopped' for over a year, Jaguar/Land Rover were sold off for peanuts to Tata Motors of India. Chinese autoparts maker Geely Industries bought Volvo, also for peanuts.

Only Aston Martin made a profit for FoMoCo, it was sold to a UK private investment group. Desperate for cash, FoMoCo sold 30% of their investment in Mazda back to Mazda, retaining 3%.
All of which tells me that Nasser was a bad choice and FoMoCo made some bad decisions. And none of which justifies the obscene CEO pay we've seen time and time again. Not just them....but their lieutenants also.
 
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