He decided to only pay me 25% of what I was earning and I quit.

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But when Mr Wells died and Mr Eisner tried to replace him with Michael Ovitz the result was a disaster: the rows prompted key people to leave, and Mr Ovitz himself quit after 14 months, with a sizeable pay-off.

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He quit his job to avoid the Net and now works as an office manager at much lower pay.

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Former agriculture minister Lord Hailsham quit as an MP at the 2010 general election after he attracted criticism for using parliamentary expenses to pay for dredging a moat on his country estate.

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