ManagementSpeak: This merger will result in a synergy between our two companies which fully utilizes our combined infrastructure and strategic planning.
Translation: All of you are out of jobs, but I don’t care because I have a golden parachute.
This week’s contributor, lacking his own golden parachute, remains anonymous.

“The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself.” – John Kenneth Galbraith