Comments on: President Bush wants pay for performance http://www.successfactors.com/blogs/business-execution/president-bush-wants-pay-for-performance-2/ Execution is the Difference. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:42:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Steve W http://www.successfactors.com/blogs/business-execution/president-bush-wants-pay-for-performance-2/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Steve W Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:51:52 +0000 http://blogs.successfactors.com/workforce-performance/uncategorized/president-bush-wants-pay-for-performance/#comment-229 Pay for Performance? How about Terminate for Performance? Apparently, Former U.S. Attorney John McKay's performance was so spectacular, backed by a stellar review and rave 360s from colleagues and peers, that Dubya decided to offer him the ultimate compliment for any high performer: "You're Fired!" See article: <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/02/08/national/a072652S40.DTL" rel="nofollow">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/02/08/national/a072652S40.DTL</a> Pay for Performance? How about Terminate for Performance?

Apparently, Former U.S. Attorney John McKay’s performance was so spectacular, backed by a stellar review and rave 360s from colleagues and peers, that Dubya decided to offer him the ultimate compliment for any high performer: “You’re Fired!”

See article:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/02/08/national/a072652S40.DTL

]]> By: Steve Josh Bolten Woo, Chief of Staff http://www.successfactors.com/blogs/business-execution/president-bush-wants-pay-for-performance-2/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Steve Josh Bolten Woo, Chief of Staff Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:47:03 +0000 http://blogs.successfactors.com/workforce-performance/uncategorized/president-bush-wants-pay-for-performance/#comment-228 And how about the succession planning functions. We wouldn’t need elections for our Pres and Congressionalfolks—the system could just spit out a successor. No messy recounts and hanging chads. If we can populate a database with information on all current pols in DC, we could bypass the primaries, midterms and presidential elections--then the political wonks would need to find real jobs. Just run a succession plan for Dubya--one wonders, though, whether even Hillary, Obama, or Rudy would show up as viable successors. That said, a US presidential salary of $400K is pretty paltry for running an entire country. Does a Pres really get paid for performance? And how about the succession planning functions. We wouldn’t need elections for our Pres and Congressionalfolks—the system could just spit out a successor. No messy recounts and hanging chads. If we can populate a database with information on all current pols in DC, we could bypass the primaries, midterms and presidential elections–then the political wonks would need to find real jobs. Just run a succession plan for Dubya–one wonders, though, whether even Hillary, Obama, or Rudy would show up as viable successors.

That said, a US presidential salary of $400K is pretty paltry for running an entire country. Does a Pres really get paid for performance?

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