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Oh cool, more corporate waste...

Brian Niccol "Guess what plebs? I commute over 1,000 miles one way to get the office. If I can do it, so can you. Get your asses into the office, plebs."

“It’s becoming increasingly common because we’re still in a competitive labor market,” he explains. “Executives aren’t accepting job offers if flexibility isn’t on the table.”

CEOs of major corporations aren't a "labor market". They're a bunch of narcissists looking for their next hit. They won't accept working conditions that don't favor them because they a) don't need to work and b) their motivation is being a business king and the more ridiculous the package is, the better it feels. It's just a MBA delusion that he has a special brain worth tens of millions of dollars more than promoting some underling. That the market thought 10% of Chipotle's entire value was this guy's special brain is just insanity.

The climate crisis could be solved with probably just a single guillotine.

Starbucks is anti-climate pass it on.

Supercommuting, instead of teleworking because that would embolden employees to ask for full-time teleworking.

Can't have the plebs think they have some power.

I have no idea who this guy is.

And already I hate him.

I bet he won't be fired if his plane is delayed 20 minutes. Unlike a barista who got stuck in traffic.

This is really going to go a long way to make up for all the lost pollution from all the folks that started working from home recently

Well fuck you and your co² farting anus, Brian Niccol!

"if this is my commute, there's no reason for anyone to be remote"

Hmm i live 1000 miles from work, which do i do: literally use technology that works at the speed of light(internet) or burn a shitton of fuel and propel myself at high speeds towards the building where i work. I think the answer is obvious.

We don't need to make up new words to normalize an obnoxious asshole exercising his wealth in a vulgar display of maleficence towards the environment.

Psssst.... Starbucks... You're doing it wrong.

CARBON: 50 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in Starbucks direct operations and value and supply chain.

https://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/planet/

A few questions here:

• Why the fuck does Starbucks have a corporate jet? I know they're a global company, but surely the CEO doesn't need to be abroad that often?
• Why would a company subsidise travel for a CEO to the tune of (likely) as much as he would get paid in a salary? If I were to tell my employer "I want to supercommute it'll cost you $100k" I'd be laughed out. Hell, if I asked for $100 I'd probably be laughed out of the room...

Jets aren't even remotely cheap to run. They cost millions, they cost tens of thousands to operate, and that doesn't include personnel costs or costs regarding runway rental or the kind of shit a CEO would need while in the air.

That isn't "supercommuting", it's "stupidcommuting".

When he is not traveling for work, however, Niccol will still be expected to work from the Seattle office at least three days a week in alignment with Starbucks’ hybrid work policies, a company spokesperson tells CNBC Make It.

To be fair, the offer letter mentions he is working from a remote office (and is able to hire an assistant of his choosing). I'm hoping this whole supercommute nonsense isn't daily and instead like.. monthly for some meeting or something.

Who am I kidding though, a $10M signing bonus? He gets up to $250K per year of personal use out of the jet? They'll even reimburse him $50K of legal and advisory fees he incurs having the offer reviewed by his own lawyers. That's where I stopped reading.

I'm surprised by this because what rich guy wouldn't want to shift his income from a state with one of the highest if not the highest tax rate at his level of income to a state with no income tax?

It doesn't matter that the income will be sourced in Washington. He lives in California, and by that, the franchise tax board is hyper aggressive in getting their cut.

Note that the equity awards mentioned are taxable as well.

Supercommute sounds like a fancy way to say he can just rent or buy a luxurious place in Seattle to stay during the week.

This commute is just salary.. the CEO should at least be charged the cost of the travels as income and taxed accordingly.

Our system is insane. CEOs do the least amount of work and adds NO value. Why do they get more pay than someone who provides actual value? The people with the hardest jobs should have the highest pay.

That’s not bad for the climate.

Would be a benefit for the environment if he'd supercrash.

Going to need a shit load of frappuccinos

I guess rto is hitting everybody

I wouldn’t really care about him traveling, just make him take the responsibility for the produced emissions.

Tbh, everyone should take responsibility for their emissions. That includes billionaires, as well as working class. I believe it would be a correct approach to the environmental issue.