Executive Bonuses for Poor Performance
The Business Journal reported an incredible story about Sunrise Senior Living giving bonuses to executives who have lost $16 million in the last year. This is what is wrong with Corporate America. Sunrise takes taxpayer money through Medicaid and Medicare; provides poor care while stuffing their pockets, and then before declaring bankruptcy siphon the rest of the money by paying themselves bonuses for poor performance..
Sunrise Senior Living, Inc., is paying 2010 bonus payments to its executive officers, equal to one-third of their respective target annual bonus amounts, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The compensation committee of the company's board will pay CEO Mark Ordan $325,000, while CFO Julie Pangelinan and CIO Gregory Neeb will receive $133,333 each.
As stated in the SEC filing, the "compensation committee" awarded the bonuses to these executive for their “extraordinary work” during the recession. Sunrise reported a net loss of $16 million during the first quarter of 2010. The company is also in default on $241 million of debt.
All three executives remain eligible to receive the remainder of their 2010 bonuses at the discretion of the compensation committee.