The “someone” is the investors, or generally speaking, the market.
Major CEOs can’t say they’re taking a financial hit, for whatever reason. This is why I like working for small companies, and most Americans work for small businesses.
Last company: CEO announced to the board that he intended to lose money in order to build staff and products. Yes, he even included tech debt. The board applauded him.
Meh, we fucked around and still made a profit, so he gave the board the same report the following year, same results. We fucked around a made a profit. Again.
tl;dr: Don’t mistake all CEOs for the bullshit you hear from Nadella and Musk and the like. Remember; You only hear crazy talk reported, because it’s crazy talk.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
They’re trying to tell their “stakeholders”, employees, customer, shareholders, what to believe, what to think that’s the bullshit dazzle spell to preserve your suspension of disbelief just a little longer.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
That’s the thing though. If I as an employee heard the CEO spout this crap, I would laugh at them. It’s ridiculous. Use real sentences with real meanings.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
That’s why they’re at the podium and expect peer pressure to keep everyone quiet until they can retreat back into their lair