Comments on: Did Moto get the right guy?

By: Pat, Wilmette, IL

Pat, Wilmette, IL — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:22:19 +0000

Here we are in April 2009 and he has managed to cut the stock price in half and double his compensation. I'd say he had the makings of a top notch CEO all along.

By: Mark, Singapore

Mark, Singapore — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:22:26 +0000

Have you read the actual contract that's linked from the story?

Are you F(&* kidding me?!

30Million if the separation doesn't happen?

or 3% if it does?

How do you negotiate a contract like that without being laughed out of the negotiation room?

By: Chuck, Chicago, IL

Chuck, Chicago, IL — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:01:59 +0000

I find it outrageous that execs get these levels of compensation whether they actually deliver results or not, or even if they resign from a company. As a former MOT employee (laid off in 2001 along with about 60,000 others), I witnessed constant "reorgs", which did nothing but cause confusion and destroy employee morale, as management chased after the new strategic flavor of the month. They also exploited the hell out of H1-B visas (and foreign workers), while claiming that they couldn't find suitable US workers. What a crock. All the downsizing / outsourcing has done nothing except reward the execs for being so clever. Now that the US economy is in the toilet, AMERICAN WORKERS can't find jobs (they were given to H1-Bs and L1-Bs, remember), so they can't afford to purchase MOT phones anyway. OOPS! Guess that business model needs a little work, huh…??

By: Ed Williams Darnestown, MD

Ed Williams Darnestown, MD — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:03:48 +0000

Obviously, Motorola's view of what they needed is different than yours. They HAD a supply chain executive heading the mobile business (but with limited experience in the mobile industry) and pushed him aside. Getting someone someone with strength in product technology might help them get away from relying on the RAZR one-hit wonder. If your competition is leaving your product line behind, you can't compete.

By: Rob, Sedona, AZ

Rob, Sedona, AZ — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:50:44 +0000

Motorola hasn't done a lot right – but this time, they got a real winner. Sanjay is going to come in and hopefully clean house on a company that has struggled with two fundamental problems for the last 5 years: an inability to pick a decent chipset vendor, and an inability to sort out its software platform strategy. Sanjay will see through the crap that still remains in much – but not all – of Motorola's management, and if anyone can turn it around, it will be him. Or, he'll die trying. He's a fighter and a proven winner. A lot of Motorola senior execs are in for a real awakening.