Marcio Mello : From ' messiah ' a ' victim 'Everyone who invests in Bolsa know you can win or lose . It's life . Still, the least we expect from entrepreneurs like Eike Batista , OGX and Marcio Mello , HRT , whose Thousands of investors lost almost all the capital invested in the shares of their companies , would be a little act of contrition , a simple mea culpa , a shy ( whatever) " I'm sorry" . Unfortunately , none of this is present in the interview to the Economic Value Marcio Mello today , in which he tries to justify the unjustifiable : voted in favor of a compensation package that " rewarded " key executives of HRT (he included ) in any event of termination of employment - if they were fired , or resign if asked . Throughout the interview , the hefty sum to be paid on departure of executives is called " severance package " , the English term designating " severance package " . But the term that really should have been used was another , in manjadíssimo Wall Street: "golden parachute " or " golden parachutes " , this rather more appropriate to the £ 30 million that HRT spend to send home executives benefit from the remuneration policy ( nearly half went to Mello ) . Mello says the value of the package was created to " provide greater certainty for business that would not be laid off in any change of control "after HRT received an offer subavaliava the company . This " security " is a subversion of meritocracy , a fundamental principle of modern capitalism : if the guy is good , if it is " essential " for that the company fire him ? Job security is for anyone who wants to work in the state , not in companies that boast of being the result of entrepreneurship of its founder . Mello also seems to think that the victim role fits him well ( although it is not clear who is their tormentor ) . When speaking of who received hefty out , says that the impediment to working in the industry for three years ( a contractual term ) " is something terrible " because the career of geologist " is my life . " When speaking of the fact that HRT not discovered oil , complains: " They had to have given me more time ." The HRT case of Mello and attitude serve as a warning to investors who buy shares as if they were tickets lottery , dreaming of the possibility of becoming rich overnight . This mindset prevents the investor think right , making it much more focus on how much you have to gain than what we can lose . When this mindset lies ahead as entrepreneurs - messianic Eike and Marcio Mello , who promote well their companies and their ability to "make money " , joins hunger with the desire to eat , and what gives him. the HRT shares , which have already negotiated the 42 actual , today goes out to 70 cents . The CVM is investigating the matter and will have the final word on the impropriety of golden parachutes . ( There is a investigation into allegations of insider trading going on too. ) The interview Mello Value at least shows some consistency : it maintains the same level of arrogance that showed in the presentations of the IPO , when there was only call "dumb " investors who showed skeptics with respect to the company . At the time , Mello was far from being a victim . By Geraldo Samor (VEJA.COM) https://veja.abril.com.br/blog/mercados/petroleo-gas-e-mineracao/marcio-mello-da-hrt-de-messias-a-vitima/