The bad: This one really makes me mad: The upper managers of Enron took another dip and filled their coffers before the collapse.
Just days before filing for bankruptcy, Enron handed $55 million out to some 500 senior officials: an average $110,000 bonus for screwing up.
The regular employee on the other hand lost their retirement savings and where not allowed to sell their 401k Enron stocks. (See: Newsweek 401(K)s and the Enron Mess)Again top executives didn’t suffer and were able to unload more than $1 billion in Enron shares.
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