On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 13:36 +0000, Mack, David wrote: > >From today's Telegraph: > > Sack for Head of Farm Cash Agency > > By Charles Clover, Environment Editor > > The former chief executive of the Rural Payments Agency at the centre of the > farm payments fiasco has been sacked nearly nine months after he was > suspended on his £114,000 year salary. > > Johnston McNeill, who presided over the agency in the run up to its failure > to pay England's farmers their subsidy cheques on time, has been paid > £57,000, or six months pay. > > Mr McNeill, who with his board is likely to have incurred £131 million in > fines from the EU because payments were late, will get a pension of £12,000 a > year for life and a payment of £42,000.
So that's 9 months 'gardening leave' on £114,000 + £57,000 + a pension of £42,000 lump sum & £12,000 p.a. all for presiding over an almighty balls up. Nice work if you can get it ! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
