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> There is personal risk. If the CEO does a poor job they might not be hired again or have other career impacts. There are numerous Fortune 500 CEOs that have a negative reputation that impacts their future earnings.

And if I do a shit job I might have trouble getting hired too, but I'm not paid millions for it.



Perhaps, but extremely unlikely. Who would know? I'm sure you can see there's a massive difference from a major CEO who is known publicly vs you switching jobs and not getting a reference callback at worst.




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