Comments on: A Tale of Two Bonus Dilemmas http://lawshucks.com/2009/07/a-tale-of-two-bonus-dilemmas/ A self-deprecating look at life in and after BigLaw Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:03:28 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Onions http://lawshucks.com/2009/07/a-tale-of-two-bonus-dilemmas/#comment-1016 Onions Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:13:08 +0000 http://lawshucks.com/?p=2625#comment-1016 Feinberg is cool. Not quite up to "Zuber is the nuts" standard, but still pretty cool. How he has managed to keep his southie accent after all these years out of Boston is beyond me. Feinberg is cool. Not quite up to "Zuber is the nuts" standard, but still pretty cool.

How he has managed to keep his southie accent after all these years out of Boston is beyond me.

]]> By: lawshucks http://lawshucks.com/2009/07/a-tale-of-two-bonus-dilemmas/#comment-1015 lawshucks Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:12:49 +0000 http://lawshucks.com/?p=2625#comment-1015 Depends on your perspective. In one sense, the guy's a salesman who got a 17% commission on $600 million in revenue he generated. Lots of companies pay lots of salesmen higher percentages than that, it just gets blown out here because the gross numbers are so big. Plus, if they don't pay him $100 million, they'll lose the full $600 million when goes someplace where they will pay him. Depends on your perspective. In one sense, the guy's a salesman who got a 17% commission on $600 million in revenue he generated. Lots of companies pay lots of salesmen higher percentages than that, it just gets blown out here because the gross numbers are so big. Plus, if they don't pay him $100 million, they'll lose the full $600 million when goes someplace where they will pay him.

]]> By: Joe http://lawshucks.com/2009/07/a-tale-of-two-bonus-dilemmas/#comment-1010 Joe Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:07:00 +0000 http://lawshucks.com/?p=2625#comment-1010 The greed never ends, I suppose. Or the stupidity. How can companies such as Citi or AIG agree to such huge bonuses when they were actually taking in so relatively little. The greed never ends, I suppose. Or the stupidity. How can companies such as Citi or AIG agree to such huge bonuses when they were actually taking in so relatively little.

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