#ceo

For those still inside the red machine, what are the early impressions of the Fiddelke regime? More of the same old?

Pretty neat cnbc got the CEO email before employees. One positive I guess is that 15% layoffs are on hold, for now, but seems like we have a solid number in mind now.

Curious everyone's thoughts

The ceo said for months that layoffs would be complete "by 1Q." Instead layoffs continue well into 2Q and cmo said on kinetic call yesterday that layoffs are a good thing so we don't become bloated like kodak. The foundation has been put down for business as usual.

Only then there is stock price maxxing

What are the odds of a mega merger or a CEO change at Honeywell after the split?

Would Aero or Automation merge to form something big? Thinking about the accelerated timing of the split also aligning with Elliott's 1 year quiet term ending.

In such a scenario, history always had a new CEO. How likely will there be a new CEO?

What is the over/under betting for Arvind's golden parachute as IBM stock drops to $228 down from $324 in a year. I am going with $250,000,000.

Look at the raid of IBM (and imagine the totals for all the other do nothing "execs") below for the last 4 IBM CEOs.

No one knows anyone on the IBM BoD Board of Directors nor what they do other than show up for the steak and lobster dinners. Remember, Arvind is his own boss being both CEO and Chairman of the Board. That is perverse when the CEO is both.

IBM has a very fat and bloated BoD with 14 do nothings. All make approx $500,0000 a year. That is a cool $7,000,000 that goes to them every 12 months plus stock options all stolen from IBM shareholders and employees.

Gerstner started the IBM raid and walked away with over $400,000,000+ and laid off over 100,000 amazing people over 18 months (I was there IBM Chatbot cheerleader).

Gerstner's book "Who says elephants can't dance" should have been titled "Who says I can't rip off IBM in the largest corporate raid in hostory?".

Palmisano $271,000,000

Rometty $144,000,000

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/96-Norrans-Ridge-Dr-Ridgefield-CT-06877/57345758_zpid/

Without the Junk Bond Yield.
Dividend Yield is just 4.2% to hold this no growth, debt dump truck, poorly managed, garbage CEO, shareholder abusing, ghost ship freighter of a company.

Remember Elop ? Here is the sequel.

How do you like deliberate ki-ling of mobile networks business by Justin ?
They don’t even pretend it makes sense, just babble about AI hypercycle ignoring all the institutional knowledge how to build RAN products, while middle mangers jumping like monkeys around Justin amplifying the bs hoping they will be spared.
In a year Nokia will end up with no 6G product and no prospect to even regain ability to do one.
Don’t wait, it is going to get worse from here.

Moody's downgraded Conduent to B3, which is the equivalent of junk status. Too much debt - and now difficult to fund its operations given the high borrowing costs. New CEO Harsha Agadi not making any progress.

Good move to replace Barry as the CEO. She mismanaged the company in many ways.
Do you expect more layoffs when Bonfig takes over as CEO?

That is the exact message being sent with the appointment of HON to CEO of Lululemon. It’s disgusting that this website continues to censor every post like we are in greater china (with CS!) ha

Jokes aside, this is a serious matter - what is truly wrong with the world when the message is sent that you can destroy one of the biggest brands in the world and then get rewarded by becoming the ceo of a competitor. Absolutely egregious.

I’m sure this post will be deleted as everything is ultra censored on here but hopefully the message will come thru.

https://deadline.com/2026/04/paramount-jeff-shell-2025-pay-package-1236871206

https://share.google/4ngeV04IsIvD0qMR0

Ytd: WFC down almost 14%

Broader large financials: down 5.4%

Charlie Scharf, a banking legend only in his own mind. The growth is not materializing. I give him about 18 more months. Maybe he-l move to Chase when Dimon retires and f@&k them up too.

Christian Klein confirmed on CNBC this morning layoffs are coming when he challenged if he would follow META's call of a 10% cut.

He said efficiency is a priority for SAP

I hope everyone is well, and GK and the Management Committee - if you see this, I hope you go to therapy and heal your ruthless souls.

If Apple can get a new CEO, why can't Q?

Wondering if there is a case for breaches of fiduciary duties, duty of loyalty, and duty of care in the selecting of the short lived CEO. Any legal experts out there want to chime in?

Not to be out done, but Human Resources has once again made the annual performance evaluation process harder than rocket science, and has added layer after layer of unwelcome, unwanted, unnecesary and extreme complications to an already ardous process for associates and managers. We are collectively FED UP with all of this BS ! It used to be a simple 1 page form. very effective. high impact. reviews took 1 hour. Now it is at least 8 hours for each associates. It is the crazyist thing many of us have every seen and this behavior from a run a way HR group has got to stop. Does the CEO and COO support this ? You support this ? Memo to the CEO: we don't want this process. need this process. eliminate this process or you will lose support from the rank and file for god's sake.

Woooooooooow. There is life after death

This is going to be interesting to watch. Any predictions on how this'll affect the rest of us?

I've been at this company for ages, and I've worked with all kinds of different teams. Even besides the top C-suite folks, there are some total deadweight employees that really should get fired or transferred to another department — especially the ones that are in charge of all our core stuff. I already sent a long email to a handful of C-level execs and the new CEO calling out these bad apples. These je-ks are holding us back from building really good products.

The IEA has advised workers to work from home due to the oil shortages that have started and will soon be getting worse. Will Elevance Health’s CEO acknowledge this new reality by removing the silly in-office requirements?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/20/oil-price-energy-watchdog-iea-emergency-measures-work-from-home-slow-down-on-the-road

Soon…..

Tim Cook resigns... 5 months notice

Apple announces new CEO

Hans Vestberg fired ... 6 hour notice

Verizon hires Temp CEO

Hmmm?

Wall Street Journal: 4/19/2026 #WSJ 📰

Verizon’s Dan Schulman is all in on AI, but he warns that it is time for business leaders to acknowledge its disruptive potential.

For a big-company CEO with big AI ambitions, Verizon's [vz0.24% v
Dan Schulman doesn't pull punches about the pain the technology could unleash on America's workforce.
Just months into the job, he has predicted 20% to 30% unemployment within the next two to five years. He warns that advancements in humanoid robots could upend the manual-labor jobs still seen as safe today. And he has pushed for more education and reskilling to help workers adapt to the intensifying tech disruption.
Couched in the blunt AT talk is a warning for other CEOs: Be candid about the coming disruption, or risk a public backlash. “It’s a very difficult time, and everyone knows it is,” Schulman said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. “So I think being authentic, being realistic, telling the truth, as best you can” is key. That belief, he said, is why Verizon created a $20 million career-transition and retraining fund for the “age of AI” when the company began laying off 13,000 workers last year.
Schulman's big picture has also included sweeping job cuts. The 13,000 #layoffs he announced shortly after his appointment
as CEO in October were Verizon's largest ever —but necessary to make Verizon more efficient, he said. Altogether, he is seeking to cut $9 billion in costs. Verizon has said its #layoffs weren't related to AI.
The carrier was "too hierarchical, way too bureaucratic, way too process-oriented as opposed to outcomes-oriented," Schulman told investors at a Morgan Stanley (M5100% ) event last month.
In meetings, he has repeatedly told Verizon staff they must embrace AI, describing it as core to the company's future. He used it himself to comb through some He used it himself to comb through some 8,000 responses after asking employees how he could reduce bureaucracy, he said.
Schulman's embrace of Al goes deeper than cost-cutting. He envisions a company wholly reshaped by the technology, from improved customer service to more personalized options for
consumers.
And he has encouraged staffers to talk to their children about Al at the dinner
table. In one all-hands, Schulman recommended that staff ask Al to write their obituary to see how the technology works and how it frames their lives. He
has also invited staffers to experiment with AI by writing poems to their loved ones. (He said he has done the same for his wife.)
Some employees responded by using Al to write poems for Schulman-and they weren't bad, he said. ~
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-ceo-preaching-straight-talk-about-ai-and-job-losses-a3aaaaf1?

Peloton announced its CEO Barry McCarthy resigned in May 2024. The company also announced further job reductions. About 400 global team members were impacted. This move aims to cut over $200 million in annual costs. Reports indicate private equity firms eye a potential buyout.

https://www.theverge.com/24025034/peloton-bike-treadmill-connected-fitness-news

This week Washington House hearings on Artic Frost... get ready... Vz will be back in news and the puzzle on CEO immediate termination further exposes incompetence at Vz BOD!

I'm so ashamed I unknowingly participated in the lie.

F5 CEO Compensation History

2025: 23.04 Million

2024: 18.,04 Million

2023: 11 Million

2022: 12.8 Million

2021: 11.5 Million

Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf addressed investors on the bank's latest earnings call. He emphasized a continued focus on expense discipline. Scharf also discussed potential layoffs within the company. These discussions occurred amid overall growth across the bank. The CEO's comments highlighted strategic financial management.

San Francisco, California

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2026/04/14/wells-fargo-ceo-layoffs-wfc-earnings-call.html

The Walt Disney Co. began a new round of layoffs. These cuts are expected to affect 1,000 jobs across the company. CEO Josh D’Amaro announced these broader layoffs. Divisions like ESPN and the movie studio will be impacted. Product, technology, and corporate functions also face reductions.

Burbank, California

https://www.clickorlando.com/business/2026/04/14/the-walt-disney-co-begins-laying-off-1000-employees/

What triggers and when will Shell nominate a new CEO?

An oil industry CEO is typically fired when they fail to balance the "iron triangle" of shareholder returns, operational discipline, and strategic pivots.

Common Triggers for Dismissal:

Capital Indiscipline: Overspending on new drilling or expensive mergers that don't immediately boost the share price.

Activist Pressure: Investment groups (like Elliott Management) demanding a return to "traditional" business models and simpler corporate structures.

Safety or Environmental Scandals: Major leaks or safety failures that result in crippling fines and "brand-ki-ling" headlines.

Operational Stagnation: Falling behind competitors in integrating new technologies.

Interesting...I know many of us are hoping somebody gets traction with a legal response back to companies trying to cull their older employee base...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/lawsuits-claim-at-t-s-ceo-saw-the-relocation-mandate-as-a-way-to-replace-older-workers-with-younger-ones/ar-AA20YBUD?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=cb858db988c9421fb9891ced52727380&ei=29

For 2025, CEO Dr. Udit Batra received $14 million in total compensation, a 25% increase from the prior year. Last year was 11.14 million, which was 125x the median Waters employee salary.

https://www.panabee.com/news/waters-executive-compensation-2026

Since I know these posts get to you.

Gold almighty do something to get the stock up already. Earn your salary.

My portfolio didn't need another dead weight CEO

What are your thoughts on today's webcast?

Charges for personal use of company aircraft as reported in the PSX Proxy Statements:

2026: $271k
2025: $238K
2024: $198k
2023: $266k
2022: $116k

Garland, for comparison:
2021: $176k
2019: $73k

Good luck all. Doesn't it just make you sick that our CEO got a 30 million bonus but people still keep getting laid off? Makes me feel gross to work for this company.

Still no permanent CEO for Consumer. His title includes “interim”. Another sign that consumer is over and going 100% third party.