Earlier this month, Target announced it would close all of its 133 stores in Canada, laying off the 17,600 employees north of the border.
As CBC reports, [2] Target's "employee trust" package for its Canadian workers, announced last week, amounts to around $56 million, providing each worker with 16 weeks of pay.
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But - what is perhaps more stunning is that, depending on who’s doing the calculation, the golden handshake "walk-away" package handed to ex-CEO Gregg Steinhafel last May is in roughly the same ballpark at around $61 million, including severance of $15.9 million.
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It appears underperforming is the new killing it...
