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[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 58 points 2 weeks ago

I'm starting to think that most "business" leaders have the skills of a Trump. It's all puffery.

[-] silentjohn@lemmy.ml 53 points 2 weeks ago

Have you ever talked to a CEO? Like, sit down and talk face to face? Their are dumb as rocks. They are dumb as rocks and make all the money, and just move around from company to company, running them into the ground.

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 weeks ago

Yes. Yes I have. And I agree with you. The "starting to think" is an old Norm McDonald trope.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm starting to think that Norm McDonald character isn't a very serious person.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yes. My last 3 were excellent businessmen and treated employees exceptionally well.

The one before that was a buffoon, but that was a tiny 13-person company. Our main vendor said, "He's a man who has found great success despite himself."

[-] Soggy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago
  • some exceptions for CEOs that actually founded the company they remain in charge of, but they're in the minority for sure. There's probably variance by sector as well.
[-] silentjohn@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

All CEOs need to be [redacted]

[-] Soggy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe I'm just too close to the non-profit side of things to see it as a simple binary.

[-] silentjohn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

"Non-profit" is a tax classification, not a description of their business motives. I'm not saying that all non-profits are bad. They definitely help people. But many are absolutely profit-driven, with their CEOs making a shitload of money. CEOs, by and large, profit off the exploited labor of their employees.

[-] DrDickHandler@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

What a fucking retarded statement.

[-] letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago

I work in IT, and the accuracy of "The IT Crowd" when it comes to management is scary. How they get anything done is beyond me.

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

They don't get anything done they just ask other people to do stuff. Their job is to nag you and stress you out until you do stuff

[-] TronBronson@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

During americas “great” years a lot of the research and development was guided by long term USA policy. We are no longer guided by any sense of what’s to come. It’s a greedy grab all free-for-all. No rules no restrictions, just have fun and make lots of money.

[-] Themosthighstrange@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

If trump can graduate with a IVY league degree, that says a lot about the (trogolydite) IVY league grads.

[-] TronBronson@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

We said the same thing about bush! Clearly they lost their luster damn near a century ago.

[-] Taniwha420@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Ivy League schools were never about education. They've always about making connections with other elites.

[-] IronBird@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

and suckering in the actual talent/smart kids, to be exploited by those elites with connections

[-] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Ivy league degrees are only impressive if you're poor. Any idiot multimillionaire or above can buy one for themselves.

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