Property News · December 18, 2017

The Persimmon chief’s bonus is an obscene inversion of A Christmas Carol | Zoe Williams


We like to think that the generous spirit of Dickens presides over every story at this time of year. Not this oneThe story of the housebuilding company Persimmon has a beautiful, Christmassy spirit. Its chair, Nicholas Wrigley, has quit over his role in awarding its chief executive, Jeff Fairburn, an obscene bonus of £110m.I was about to put quote marks round obscene, since that’s the judgment of assorted charities and politicians, but really it needs no attribution – it is objectively obscene. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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