#3 Sam Palmisano got over $1 million to decorate his office

Samuel J. Palmisano was president and chief executive officer of IBM until January 2012. He also served as Chairman of the company until October 1, 2012. When he retired as CEO in 2012 and stayed on for 10 months as chairman of the board, he got a new office and a stipend of over $1 million for "space renovation" to decorate it. That year, he also managed $248,093 of personal travel on the company jet. IBM paid him $37 million in 2012.

#2 NetSuite's CEO got over $46,000 for skipping his vacations

As CEO of NetSuite since 2002, Nelson led the company's successful IPO in 2007 and its rise from startup to become one of the industry's leading cloud computing companies. In 2010, NetSuite cashed out all execs for unused vacation time since they started with the company. That year, CEO Zach Nelson got $46,083 in addition to his $3.5 million in other pay. In 2012, without being paid for vacation, Nelson earned $5.9 million, including perks.

#1 F5's John McAdam gets Internet access

F5 gives its CEO, John McAdam, CFO John Rodriguez, and CTO, Karl Triebes, an annual $600 stipend to pay for Internet service. Odd as it may sound, but its true. John McAdam earned $5.2 million in 2012, including the $600 ISP perk.

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