Thread regarding CGG Veritas layoffs

Executive officers compensation and protectionism

Executives officers compensation for running this company into the ground (takes a lot of work and special skills to be so efficient at destroying value ...) :

Compensation Fixed Variable Directors Fee

Mr. Remi DORVAL € 112,001 N/A € 57,200 (2)

Mr. Jean-Georges MALCOR € 630,000 € 384,216

Mr. Stéphane-Paul FRYDMAN € 430,880 € 194,892

Mr. Pascal ROUILLER € 431,360 € 194,892

Mrs. Sophie ZURQUIYAH € 532,000 € 242,164

And they continue to protect themselves while running the boat onshore. There should be jail time for such blatant thieving and protectionism :

The Board of Directors of the Company, in its meeting held on June 1, 2017, renewed the term of office of Mr. Jean-Georges Malcor as Chief Executive Officer until June 1, 2020.

Pursuant to article L.225-42-1 of the commerce code, the Board of Directors also decided to renew, for the duration of the term of office of Mr. Jean-Georges Malcor, the undertaking of the Company to the benefit of the latter relating to the payment of a contractual severance indemnity in the event of a dismissal, a non-renewal of his corporate office or in the event of any other forced departure, if such dismissal, non-renewal or forced departure relates to a change of control and a substantial change in situation and/or a change of control and a change of strategy. This undertaking is renewed under the same conditions than the existing one which was approved by the Board of Directors on January 4, 2017 and which will be submitted for ratification to the General meeting to be convened in order to approve the 2016 financial statements.

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RE: @Q6XYGVN-6xqc

YOU ARE SO RIGHT

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Post ID: @8snb+Q6XYGVN

This morning:

CGG has reported net loss of $124 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2017, against net loss of $88 million same time last year.

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Post ID: @8qaw+Q6XYGVN

It is obvious that these executives are trying to save the company from bankruptcy not for the sake of their employees but for the sake of their outrageous compansations. What did they do for the company in order to deserve these big compensations exceeding what the president of their country is getting? The pity thing is that some of these executives were hired during the booming and when the market condition was perfect and since they took office the company's debt tripled and the earnings in their departments reduced year on year. Now when the market is in a bad shape and the company lost most of its ships and its best employees these same executives want to save the company from bankruptcy. This is a big joke.

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Post ID: @6xqc+Q6XYGVN

I agree that the majority of staffs left at CGG are either inexperienced employees or as you said useless managers. Therefore, they are unable to get enough projects for them to survive even if the price of oil skyrocketed. However, the current rise of the price of oil is most likely only temporally and is mainly caused by tensions in middle east. The price of oil is going to crash again as soon as these tensions ease.

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Post ID: @5sit+Q6XYGVN

Oil industry picking up, oil over 60 bucks a barrel. Maybe a demand for seismic, oh hang on CGG only have HR staff & useless managers left.....

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Post ID: @5zcu+Q6XYGVN

They are going to need lots more executives to get them out of this mess ! They should hire more HR staff to help with the hiring process.

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Post ID: @5jzg+Q6XYGVN

and yet they are still hiring executives...........4 this week.

what idiot would join cgg ??????

surely they googled before the interview!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Post ID: @3juy+Q6XYGVN

How is a shareholder any different from someone who bets on a horse race?

They are not 'investors' they are gamblers whose aim was to make money without doing any work. There is no reason to feel sympathy for them (or to offer any bale-out) if the horse they backed proves to be useless.

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Post ID: @1tng+Q6XYGVN

The question of bonus was raised at the shareholders meeting last week but the board of directors denied to answer properly.

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Post ID: @hen+Q6XYGVN

THOSE TERMS WILL NOT APPLY IF CGG ARE DECLARED BANKRUPT.

1ST: FEES/EXPENSES OWED FOR DEALING WITH BANKRUPTCY AND LIQUIDATION

2ND: SECURED CREDITORS

3RD: PREFERRED CREDITORS (EMPLOYEES)

4TH: SHAREHOLDERS

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