golden handshake

Example Sentences

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"And then I saw the all important 'golden handshake' letter and it just blew my mind."

From BBC

Scudamore, the Premier League’s highest-paid executive, earned a basic salary in the low seven figures – news of the £5m “golden handshake” he received on his way out caused a brief furore in December.

From The Guardian

“We know there are people taking their golden handshake from us here and knowing that they have a job and then attacking us,” said Sidibé.

From The Guardian

It will put an end to the legalized extortion that is endemic today -- in which an employee fabricates or even provokes a story of harassment in order to get a golden handshake.

From New York Times

Robert Mugabe and his wife will receive a “golden handshake” worth many millions of dollars as part of a deal negotiated before the resignation of the ageing autocrat last week.

From The Guardian