How Badly Must a C.E.O. Behave Before Pay Is Clawed Back?
As a novice programmer, I once declined a position that had a contract that stated I would be responsible for all monetary harm if I were to leak information about the project.<p>As I was being paid peanuts, and the project was worth millions, I knew I couldn't take any chances with that.  I looked into insurance, but it would have cost over half the pay that was already peanuts.<p>The problem wasn't that I was worried I'd slip up, or that I'd do something unethical.  My worry was that the company would do something unethical and blame it on me somehow.<p>If I were applying for a CEO position and saw a clause like this, I'd refuse to sign that contract, too.  So United isn't wrong...  There are definitely people who would refuse to work for them if they put that clause in the contract.