Let's Play Devil's Advocate

Everyone is talking about how corporations that lose money have been giving hteir greedy executives "Golden Parachutes" for bonuses.

Well, what if they actually deserved it?

Say I were an executive that released a report stating that they had a loss of $2 Billion for that year. Do I deserve a $1 Million Bonus? No?

What if as an executive I saved the company $5 Billion dollars that year? Should I not be given a bonus because the company did not break even?

Just playing Devil's Advocate here.