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No kidding, especially with regards to using it to discharge existing obligations. Perhaps the company should be legally obligated to encumber and transfer severance funds into an independent trust prior to triggering these mechanisms - if not at the point of severance itself.
And of course, who would want to keep working for Sears Canada now on anything beyond a paycheque to paycheque basis?
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It just gets worse and worse.
If the comments on its social media feeds are any indication, Sears Canada is alienating its remaining customer base with these actions. Does not bode well for Sears' future prospects.
I wish it'd just die right now instead of letting Eddie paying his games out.
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I feel the same, but then think of the thousands of employees remaining. Of course, those employees might not have jobs for all that much longer anyway.
After this episode, I am not sure how much faith they should put into the expectation that their last few paycheques will come out alright.
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Can Sears Canada justify those ugly retention bonuses?
Joe Castaldo, Maclean's, 14 July 2017
Anand adds that company directors are obliged to act in the best interests of the corporation as a whole. “The decisions regarding incentives to retain management have likely been made with that overarching duty in mind,” she says. So while the prospects for Sears Canada are fairly bleak no matter what, the hope is that offering more money for key players to stick around will prevent the most dire outcome