Google Gives Executive $8 Million Bonus For Bailing on His Contract

It's become de rigueur in Silicon Valley to let departing executives keep their needlessly plump bonus packages—no matter what the circumstances. First, Yahoo's incompetent COO took home $58 million just for getting fired . Now Google's former Chief Business Officer is getting to keep an $8 million bonus he was contractually obligated to give back.

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