CEO: Bonuses in lottery business are necessary

Comment #6

KY Floyd — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:02:40 GMT

Plenty of people are out of work even in good times, but that has nothing to do with how much anyone else deserves to be paid (well, except perhaps for congress critters). I think the lottery is far more recession proof than many businesses, but this is exactly the time when some people deserve bonuses. If other people are losing business and you maintain, or even increase your business, you're probably doing an above average job. As the article says, the lottery is a sales and marketing busines... [ More ]

Comment #5

itsmyhouse — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:55:04 GMT

Funny how this story is about Georgia, where this whole insane bonus thing started as a result of the people who are now in Tennessee. THAT'S where this story should go next, where they can talk about the $100,000 bonus Paul-Hargrove got as a result of meeting sales figures before five years was up, in addition to her regular $500K salary AND bonus

Comment #4

bashley572 — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:44:34 GMT

Yea, I agree that in today s economic environment it s hard to justify bonuses. Too many people out of work.

Comment #3

ThatScaryChick — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:34:56 GMT

Geez, $150,000 bonus. That sure is a nice way of saying thank you.

Comment #2

dumars798 — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:39:21 GMT

Must be nice 2 get a bonus big enough

to buy a house.All i wanted for Christmas

was 798. With a $286,000 salary i guess

i'm in the wrong profession

Comment #1

Stew12 — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:49:25 GMT

That is pretty ridiculous.

The whole point is to attract and retain really talented people, DeFrancisco said. I would say, based on the results of this organization, doggone it, it's worked.

I'm willing to bet there are thousands of really talented people that would take the job [and do it well] for the $286,000 salary alone, never mind the bonus's which are apparently around 100% of your salary.

What happened to doing your job well simply because it is YOUR JOB? It sounds like the s... [ More ]

CEO: Bonuses in lottery business are necessary

Lottery Post — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:33:06 GMT

In a year in which the state is cutting back on spending, freezing pay and laying off staffers, Georgia Lottery CEO Margaret DeFrancisco received a $150,000 bonus.

In all, lottery staffers received about $2.5 million in bonuses this year.

DeFrancisco said the incentives are necessary to keep the lottery which set sales records again this year competitive with other businesses in the market for top workers.

The whole point is to attract and retain really talented people, DeFrancisco sai... [ More ]