For the CEO thing, it's only if the company does well that they get their bonuses, if it fails, then they get jack shit like everyone else.
WRONG!!!!!!
WaMu CEO's huge payoff: $19 million for 3 weeks, this mutha fucka was on the job for less than 21 days. The bank failed was sold and he still walked away with damn near 20 million...UNFUCKENBELIEVABLE!
It's about the contracts these CEO's sign people. Not even the government can void a legal bidding contract.