On the other hand, the severance package is usually quite good for CEOs...
austen.swearinger
Have a soul and get lots of money or be a demonic idiot.
bryan.derksen
Neither of those necessarily follows, Austen. Most books don't earn their authors boatloads of cash, and CEOs are generally not idiots. As CEO, one would be able to run the company however one wanted, demoniacally or angelically (until the board of directors fired you, of course).