I have no idea what John Chambers is worth nor do I give a damn. Of coarse it's symbolic, he does not live paycheck to paycheck but what do you expect, he give away all that he owns because things are not so good now and ignore the past accomplishments???
Me thinks there are those out there displaying one of humanities worst attributes, envy. I gaurentee you none of us would be doing what we are now if we lived in some socialist utopian egalitarian society. Off my soapbox, on to real work... Dave Cisco Kid wrote: > > Isnt John Chambers a multi billionaire already ..... > > I am sure he will be making cut backs in his family > budget, cutting holidays , selling his car etc etc > ..... or am i being a little cheeky.... > > Jonathan > > --- Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > > At 12:15 AM 11/12/01, nrf wrote: > > >Yeah, that was Chambers all-right. > > > > > >Now if I may digress... > > > > > >Funny thing, a lot of people dismissed Chambers's > > one-dollar move as just a > > >cheap PR stunt, > > > > Why are people so cynical? What are we teaching them > > in schools? Don't get > > me started. ;-) > > > > Priscilla > > > > >in that he just wanted to look like he was sharing > > in the > > >pain of the 8500 layoffs, while not really sharing > > the pain (i.e. he didn't > > >give up any of his stock options, for example). > > > > > >Fair enough, but on the other hand, I didn't see > > any other CEO's of > > >companies that did big layoffs doing anything > > comparable. McNealy of Sun, > > >Barrett of Intel, Roth of Nortel, Fiorina of HP, > > McGinn/Schacht of Lucent, > > >Armstrong of AT&T, Nasser of Ford (OK, Nasser isn't > > there anymore), > > >Tucci/Ruettgers of EMC, etc. etc. While slashing > > thousands from their > > >payroll,did these guys cut their salaries at all? > > > > > > > > >So the way I see it, while of course it is true > > that Chambers could have > > >done more to share the pain, on the other hand, he > > did a whole lot more than > > >those other guys did. So you could say that > > Chambers is a pretty cool guy, > > >relatively speaking. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually I think I read in an article that > > Chambers cut his salary to > > >$1.00 > > > > a year. I am 99% sure this was Chambers who did > > this, but have been known > > >to > > > > be wrong once in a while. ;-) > > ________________________ > > > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > > http://www.priscilla.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals > http://personals.yahoo.com -- David Madland Sr. Network Engineer CCIE# 2016 Qwest Communications Int. Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 612-664-3367 "Emotion should reflect reason not guide it" Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=26271&t=25805 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
