While most employees are happy to get their monthly salary when they are sacked, some chief executive officers walk out with millions even after getting fired.
Let's look at CEOs who received a hefty pay packet to quit, according to Business Insider.
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CEOs who got millions to quit
Image: Jack Welch.CEOs who got millions to quit
Image: Lee Raymond.CEOs who got millions to quit
Image: Bill McGuire.CEOs who got millions to quit
Image: Ed Whitacre.CEOs who got millions to quit
Image: Bob Nardelli.CEOs who got millions to quit
Image: John Kanas.CEOs who got millions to quit
Image: Fred Hassan.Fred Hassan
Severance package: $189,352,324
Years of service: 6
Company: Schering-Plough/Merck & Co
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CEOs who got millions to quit
Image: Lou Gerstner.CEOs who got millions to quit
Image: Hank McKinnell.CEOs who got millions to quit
Image: Tom Ryan.CEOs who got millions to quit
Image: Jim Kilts.CEOs who got millions to quit
Image: Bob Ulrich.CEOs who got millions to quit
Image: Stan O'Neal.CEOs who got millions to quit
Image: Jerry Grundhofer.CEOs who got millions to quit
Image: Joel Gemunder.CEOs who got millions to quit
Image: Wachovia.Wallace Malone
Severance package: $125,292,818
Years of service: 23
Company: SouthTrust/Wachovia
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CEOs who got millions to quit
Image: George David.George David
Severance package: $122,631,309
Years of service: 14
Company: United Technologies Corporation
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CEOs who got millions to quit
Image: Meg Whitman.CEOs who got millions to quit
Image: WellPoint Health Networks.Leonard Schaeffer
Severance package: $119,041,000
Years of service: 12
Company: WellPoint Health Networks
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