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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If someone Luigi's him, they better spell his name wrong on the bullets.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

that's very witty, well done

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Shifting "blame" on these white-collar police dogs (megacorp CEOs) instead of shareholders (and the system demanding growth) only needs to happen when everyone understands that even 96m is 2.6% of 3.760m of net income (2024).

So if 1k people were let go all of them could have gotten 1m of bonus and still the company would have made almost 3bn.

But they were let go bcs yoy income (but not revenue) was lower last year, and the financial markets demand a sacrifice (literally any action, even if not actually needed, just to send a signal they are 'on it').

The usual "efficient" meat grinder stuff.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

That fullstop is confusing matters.

[–] Coffeegrinder@feddit.nl 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Gets invited to meeting with manager. Employee orders coffee for the meeting Manager says, his coffee will be "To Go"

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

I work at a bakery (we’ve got snacks, coffee, cake, and danishes in addition to bread), and every once in a while I see two people come in and it’s not clear if they’re on a date until they disagree about whether it’s for here or to go. Then I realize that only one of them thought it was a date. It’s especially awkward if the one who did has already offered to pay for everything.

Doing that for a job instead of a date is brutal

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

That's fucking cold

[–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 days ago

I haven't seen someone with so punchable face

[–] frazw@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean he has been rewarded for making the line go up. Part of making the line go up is reducing overheads. So he is being directly rewarded for actions like firing 1000+ employees. So is it a surprise?

[–] frazw@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Since I'm sitting negative I should clarify that I do not think the actions are moral. Only that he is incentivized to do things like this.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just because there's a financial incentive doesn't mean you should do something. This is a step or two below murber for proflt.

[–] frazw@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I'm never said he should. I'm saying I understand why he did. I would not do the same thing in his position.

Remember most CEO's are psychopaths so they are not very concerned with the impact on the people they fire.

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