pay packet
noun
British
: the money that a person regularly earns : a wage or salary
her weekly/monthly pay packet
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Last year Nadella’s pay packet totaled $48.5 million, with the company’s 2023 proxy filing revealing a base salary of $2.5 million plus stock awards, cash incentive compensation and other compensation.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
Edwards earned his biggest pay packet for five years last year.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
Last week’s annual report showed Edwards earned his biggest pay packet for five years, for a year in which he was arrested midway through and barely worked for the BBC following allegations that emerged in The Sun.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 31 July 2024
Huw Edwards took home his biggest pay packet since 2019 during his final year at the BBC, despite the newsreader being off-air for eight months amid a misconduct scandal.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 23 July 2024
Speculation over O’Leary’s pay packet is perhaps so hot because his competitors’ bosses are much less likely to enjoy similar rewards soon.
—Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 28 June 2024
However, one of the pharmaceutical group’s biggest shareholders has pushed back, arguing the CEO should be paid well more than last year’s £16.9 million ($21.5 million) pay packet as a reward for his long-running leadership of the company.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 10 Apr. 2024
The British consumer goods group disclosed that its CEO Hein Schumacher, who took the helm in June last year, could enjoy a pay packet as high as €17.4 million ($18.8 million) in 2024, according to its latest executive remuneration report.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 15 Mar. 2024
Global job board Indeed found that two-thirds of workers in the U.K. would accept a slash to their pay packet in order to gain a better work-life balance and more flexible working opportunities.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
Edwards earned his biggest pay packet for five years last year.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
Last week’s annual report showed Edwards earned his biggest pay packet for five years, for a year in which he was arrested midway through and barely worked for the BBC following allegations that emerged in The Sun.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 31 July 2024
Huw Edwards took home his biggest pay packet since 2019 during his final year at the BBC, despite the newsreader being off-air for eight months amid a misconduct scandal.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 23 July 2024
Speculation over O’Leary’s pay packet is perhaps so hot because his competitors’ bosses are much less likely to enjoy similar rewards soon.
—Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 28 June 2024
However, one of the pharmaceutical group’s biggest shareholders has pushed back, arguing the CEO should be paid well more than last year’s £16.9 million ($21.5 million) pay packet as a reward for his long-running leadership of the company.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 10 Apr. 2024
The British consumer goods group disclosed that its CEO Hein Schumacher, who took the helm in June last year, could enjoy a pay packet as high as €17.4 million ($18.8 million) in 2024, according to its latest executive remuneration report.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 15 Mar. 2024
Global job board Indeed found that two-thirds of workers in the U.K. would accept a slash to their pay packet in order to gain a better work-life balance and more flexible working opportunities.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
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