Comment on Stop Talking to Technology Executives Like They Have Anything to Say

• DonkMagnum@lemy.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Or even more basically:

  • what’s good for business is generally not what’s good for society.

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  • biofaust@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In many instances it can be argued that the decisions they make are not good for the business either, at least in the mid- to long-term.

    • What’s good for business stockholders is generally not what’s good for society. FTFY

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    • jjlinux@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This is the right statement, in my opinion.

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• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  US companies operate off of the Peter Principle, psychopathic willingness and ability to exploit others, and a merciless drive for profit.

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• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  American execs definitely fail upwards. I have seen pharma execs fuck up to the tune of $200M+ and then get poached for more money.

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• A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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• clif@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Who was it that said that the mark of a good leader is that everyone working under them is smarter than the leader?

  By that metric, the C level are the dumbest people in a company.

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