pivot_root comments on A new survey found that almost 40% of companies posted a fake job listing this year (2024)

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Paying people more is a recurring cost, and the ultimate goal of a company is to keep increasing profits. If they can spend $10k once to scare their employees into being more productive, it has a better return on investment.

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[–] tattletaletimes@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Disgusting and true. I wonder what percent of companies threw pizza parties.. 🙄

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[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's been proven time and time again that treating your employees correctly and paying them what they're worth is far more productive. It's just sociopathy.

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[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Yeah, but that's thinking long-term. CEOs of publicly traded companies don't give a shit about anything other than making the line go up during their own employment at the company.

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[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Cutting 10% of the workforce is profit right in the pocket of the shareholders, as long as the company can somewhat continue to go on.

They don't give a fuck about productivity, but they will dangle that over your head for whatever reason they deem advantageous.

You want a raise? Bummer, productivity is lower than expected, so we have no budget for that.

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