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Departed CEO made $603K, only worked 4 months for Manitoba Shared Health last year (www.cbc.ca)
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The former CEO of Shared Health saw his pay exceed $600,000 last year β€” a nearly 83 per cent increase from the prior year β€” despite only working for four months before his unexpected departure from the provincial health-care organization.

Adam Topp earned $603,604 in 2023, according to recent compensation disclosures.

The same documents reveal some executives also claimed in the range of $30,000 to $60,000 in extra compensation, attributed at least partially to them collecting retroactive pay increases to match the raises of unionized health-care staff.

Topp led Shared Health for less than four months in 2023 before the organization described his departure as a "resignation" in a brief, two-sentence statement to media near the end of April. The announcement of his replacement β€” Lanette Siragusa, one of the public faces of Manitoba's COVID-19 response β€” was made the next day.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 4 months ago

But think how hard they worked and how much value they created. /s

[–] LimpRimble@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

Wab cleaning house?

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is what I hate the most about our so-called healthcare system ... millions of tax dollars spent on a bureaucracy without any kind of oversight as to how well it's working or why gov't employees are receiving fucking bonuses that surpass what many workers make in a year.

Fuck this shit. :(

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The article says it was the result of a retroactive salary adjustment coupled with severance pay - unfortunate, but I'm not sure it's an egregious example of mismanagement (besides him apparently being a bad hire - I wish we knew more about why he was let go).

There's a lot of argument to be had over the relative value of CEOs across the board, but Shared Health presumably has to offer a salary that's competitive with the private sector.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

I've yet to get half a million in severance and I'm actually fucking good at my job.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

but Shared Health presumably has to offer a salary that's competitive with the private sector.

That's always the excuse, including shitty hires like this one.

It's a load of crap no matter which way you look at it.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So assuming cutting the salaries of all executives everywhere is off the table, what's the solution?

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

First off I'd like to be able to access ALL the financials, broken down, of Shared Health ... because as of right now the province only publically releases a generalized budget.

Based on what those numbers show it's time for a serious rejigging of the system. I know physicians hate the way it works now, ie: the amount of paperwork that takes away from time that could be spent with patients, etc etc.

And it wouldn't surprise me at all to find the waste in that behemoth is atrocious, money that should be spent on heathcare itself vs a bureaucracy.

Hire f/t nurses instead of 'forcing' them to work 2-3 p/t positions. Stop the games that have carried over from Pallister's regime.

There's a lot that could be done. It just seems nothing gets touched because it's a BIG job to overhaul the pile of shit left over from the Cons.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 4 months ago

I don't disagree with any of that - any governmental body should be scrutinized periodically, and as I mentioned, I'd love to see some information about why this guy was let go.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

This is the kind of bullshit that neoliberalism gets you. I can guarantee you could find someone willing to do the job for 80k who'd do a markedly better job.