So how much does the HOG CEO make
Road Master
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yep, i see what you mean. All the guy did was get an engineering degree, get a business degree, stick with the same outfit for 25 years working heaps of ot (while on salary) clawing his way up the ladder amid fierce competition for every promotion he got and ,,,succeed ! "lucky bastard" :d.
Sorry,just can't show any enthusiasm for the wealthy elite one percenters,I'm sure he is just a swell guy but we all would be if raking in millions a year. Close a factory,throw hundreds of Americans out of work,do some more offshore outsourcing,lay off more office staff as advances in technology take their jobs.All in a day's work to bolster the bottom line and pump up those bonuses for a CEO,while the little guy struggles to eat on the pittance that the tall tower folk allow...
To others that stated that he deserves the compensation he gets because the buck stops at him, you are spot on. There are multiple ways the economy can cause a stock decline, all out of his control. Yet he would be held responsible. $1M for base salary is fair compensation for the stress and work he has to perform. Anything above that in incentives is his fair share for steering the ship in the right direction.
what about all the throats they cut and damn lies they tell!!! I know this first hand.... Oh, i forgot, most people who own harleys are white collared workers and of course i'm blue colored! Sometimes if people had as much common sense as they have greed, this country would be worth something! Those days are gone and it's dog against dog. Stockholders.....stockholders , i guess this world is for the elite only? Too bad a little caring could go along way.
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From: Columbus, Ohio
Sorry,just can't show any enthusiasm for the wealthy elite one percenters,I'm sure he is just a swell guy but we all would be if raking in millions a year. Close a factory,throw hundreds of Americans out of work,do some more offshore outsourcing,lay off more office staff as advances in technology take their jobs.All in a day's work to bolster the bottom line and pump up those bonuses for a CEO,while the little guy struggles to eat on the pittance that the tall tower folk allow...
The True 1% of the riches people in this country do not hold a job or get paid to work
they got it the old fashion way. They inhered many millions or billions from their families.
The Harley CEO dose some work for his money, plus I hope they give him a CVO
Road Glide Ultra to ride with custom paint of his choice JMO.
they got it the old fashion way. They inhered many millions or billions from their families.
The Harley CEO dose some work for his money, plus I hope they give him a CVO
Road Glide Ultra to ride with custom paint of his choice JMO.
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The success haters are little minded folks who just go day to day without ever increasing their value to employers with new skills and learning.
If one wants to be successful just copy what successful people do. We all have the same opportunity when we are born. That opportunity can be wasted or maximized. It is entirely up to the person.
If one wants to be successful just copy what successful people do. We all have the same opportunity when we are born. That opportunity can be wasted or maximized. It is entirely up to the person.
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Road Master
Joined: Aug 2010
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From: S.C. PA
The success haters are little minded folks who just go day to day without ever increasing their value to employers with new skills and learning.
If one wants to be successful just copy what successful people do. We all have the same opportunity when we are born. That opportunity can be wasted or maximized. It is entirely up to the person.
If one wants to be successful just copy what successful people do. We all have the same opportunity when we are born. That opportunity can be wasted or maximized. It is entirely up to the person.
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As a business executive, I can attest that you know NOTHING about business. As CEO, his sole job is to create dividends for his shareholders. Sometimes the "evil" things you list above is the way to do that. We need to wake up in America. It is not the executives' fault that jobs are being off-shored. It is our own fault. If another country can do something just as well, but cheaper, then we need to learn a hard lesson in operational efficiency and cost management.
To others that stated that he deserves the compensation he gets because the buck stops at him, you are spot on. There are multiple ways the economy can cause a stock decline, all out of his control. Yet he would be held responsible. $1M for base salary is fair compensation for the stress and work he has to perform. Anything above that in incentives is his fair share for steering the ship in the right direction.
To others that stated that he deserves the compensation he gets because the buck stops at him, you are spot on. There are multiple ways the economy can cause a stock decline, all out of his control. Yet he would be held responsible. $1M for base salary is fair compensation for the stress and work he has to perform. Anything above that in incentives is his fair share for steering the ship in the right direction.
Wow, so you are attesting that owning stock is only for the elite in this country? For the paltry sum of $64 you could be a stockholder in Harley-Davidson as well. Skip that next shiny piece of chrome at the dealership and buy a piece of one of the most historic companies in America. You will still be blue collar by your definition, but just maybe, you will understand a little more about the hard decisions the Board makes to make you money.
I've not met the bother but this friend of mine is total knucklehead.
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Does Harley net as much as Ford? I have always thought of motorcycles as a niche market, maybe not. To get $1 million a year in salary and another 14 million in incentives I just think the company must be bigger than Harley is and more like Ford, just as an example. I share the hope that he does well, both for himself and for the company, and whatever he gets, he has earned it. I just don't believe Harley is big enough (high volume) for a total of $15 million compensation. Hope I'm wrong if he puts in that much effort.
For the class warfare types, the means of production (plant buildings, production machinery, desks, typewriters, pencils and everything else involved in manufacturing, is initially provided by selling stocks and bonds. Frequently, expansion is financed the same way. Without the stock and bond holders, there would be no company, no Harley motorcycles. Your anger is either caused from being lied to by politicians or by your own failure to recognize how to participate in the American dream. This is still the country that has people literally dying to get here. There is a reason, and you don't choose to see it.
For the class warfare types, the means of production (plant buildings, production machinery, desks, typewriters, pencils and everything else involved in manufacturing, is initially provided by selling stocks and bonds. Frequently, expansion is financed the same way. Without the stock and bond holders, there would be no company, no Harley motorcycles. Your anger is either caused from being lied to by politicians or by your own failure to recognize how to participate in the American dream. This is still the country that has people literally dying to get here. There is a reason, and you don't choose to see it.