Businesses that put people before profits

[skipos]

Are there any businesses that truly put people before profits? Where the employees are all paid well, with good benefits? Where the CEO isn't paid some ridiculous amount of money?

[GOPisEvil]

1. Costco.

[flvegan]

2. Democratic Underground, LLC

I would guess that's a good choice.

[Telly Savalas]

9. Skinner has a team of 8 year old Indonesian kids running on treadmills

to power a generator that runs DU's servers. It's our dirty little secret.

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Costco, Home Depot, McKinsey & Company, Lehman Brothers,

Goldman Sachs, Chase, Citibank, actually, a lot of the Fortune 500 treat their people pretty well, Ben and Jerry's (at least before they sold it; I have no idea what it's like now), Starbucks...

They exist.

[skipos]

4. some of those are flunking my

CEO compensation requirement. But I found this good info though.

http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/ceou/database.cfm


James D. Sinegal
President & CEO
Costco Co.

In 2004, James D. Sinegal raked in $4,101,372 in total compensation including stock option grants from Costco Co..

And James D. Sinegal has another $25,345,995 in unexercised stock options from previous years.

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Henry M. Paulson
Chairman & CEO
Goldman Sachs Group

In 2004, Henry M. Paulson raked in $29,789,359 in total compensation including stock option grants from Goldman Sachs Group.

And Henry M. Paulson has another $8,571,236 in unexercised stock options from previous years.

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Charles Prince
CEO
Citigroup Inc.

In 2004, Charles Prince raked in $19,922,941 in total compensation including stock option grants from Citigroup Inc..

From previous years' stock option grants, the Citigroup Inc. executive cashed out $965,108 in stock option exercises.

And Charles Prince has another $5,386,715 in unexercised stock options from previous years.

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Robert L. Nardelli
Chairman President & CEO
Home Depot

In 2004, Robert L. Nardelli raked in $42,046,232 in total compensation including stock option grants from Home Depot.

[Democrats_win]

5. IMHO, Citibank is the worst company in America. They're behind Enron

and Worldcom. Their business dealings are dirty beyond belief.

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. Yeah, they will flunk that.

That's why I don't worry about it. Is it crazy what they make? Sure it is, but it doesn't bother me unless they're getting such huge payouts at the expense of their employees. And in those larger companies, especially in the financial ones, ALL their employees are paid well, even down to the mailroom.

[KitchenWitch]

6. Costco!

[Ferret Annica]

8. Burley Design Coop

http://www.burley.com/default.aspx

The CEO is a coop member pulling that duty, and she or he gets the same hourly wage as everyone else.