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"...necessary to retain the management team and keep them motivated..."

CEO Soltau currently earns $5,877,000 a year... isn't that enough motivation?

theoretically he could get similar salaries elsewhere and staying for a sinking ship isn't super desireable. HOWEVER this just goes to show that you reward bad practices.

HOWEVER you also don't want to fire your best people in the worst times. So overall :shrug:

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