SENIOR Telstra executives had their short-term bonuses slashed last year after their divisions returned poor revenue or failed to clear customer-satisfaction hurdles. Sensis chief executive Bruce Akhurst's bonus was cut to $180,000 in 2009-10, down from $1 million and $1.9 million in previous years. The Telstra board was disappointed with the company's financial performance and paid executives an average of 23 per cent of their short-term bonuses, the remuneration report said. Remuneration committee chairman John Mullen wrote that a three-year long-term incentive program had lapsed with incentives unpaid because it did not meet shareholder-return targets. The annual bonuses for all key managers declined, except for those of Telstra Wholesale chief Paul Gleason and the head of Telstra Consumer, Glenice Maclellan, who did not qualify for manager bonuses the year before. A $2 million retention bonus for chief operating officer Michael Rocca was paid out in 2009-10.