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Oliver
2015
‘We need to reopen the comp issue,’ Kip said into the speaker-phone in the center of the table.
Oliver held back a sigh. He couldn’t believe that Kip was going through with this. Pepsi had already agreed to a generous compensation package for the exiting C-suite at Lemonatta. They were even buying out their stock options at two times their strike price.
When Kip had revealed the details to Lemonatta yesterday, the entire executive team had been pleased. Wyatt Kellerman, the company’s CEO, even said, ‘I know we rode you hard on this one, Appleton, but you nailed it. You’re done.’
It was some random VP’s offhand joke that rankled Kip. ‘You know, I thought the package would’ve been larger. I’d heard the legendary Kip Appleton would flip you over and shake you until there
