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0 pointsLPisGood1y ago0 comments

I feel like this is a very dramatic view of things. Have you ever been in a management position?

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I have and this poster is spot on, he needs to go higher up the chain though. Investors hate employees, even founders. Founders are out to get rich. Executives are out to get rich but don't have what it takes to be founders. All of these people detest labor. They are the enemy you must work with to buy food. Treat them as such.

LPisGoodOP1y ago

I feel like this is a very cynical way of looking at things.

I know some excellent people in leadership that have been promoted from lower level management jobs. I’m not sure the career change made them no longer care about people.

bbqfog1y ago

This is definitely how the capital class views labor. Don’t be fooled, and ignore at your own peril.

LPisGoodOP1y ago

I wouldn’t really consider someone that moved from middle management to upper management/executive leadership to be a part of the “capital class.”

Investors, board members, maybe even some CEOs, sure.

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int_19h1y ago

It's not that the career change makes them not care about people. It's that it's practically impossible to get into upper management without eating others. People who don't embrace their sociopathic tendencies don't make it - they get out-competed by those who do. The very occasional exception just proves the rule, and usually doesn't last in any case because once they get to that point, they still have to compete to remain there.

bbarn1y ago

I think his statement could have benefited from and/or implicitly in the list of titles.

I certainly care very deeply about my people, and letting someone go is a last resort after trying to work things out. My boss cares that I care.. their boss.. we're numbers.

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bbqfog1y ago

LPisGoodOP1y ago

I feel like this is a very cynical way of looking at things.

I know some excellent people in leadership that have been promoted from lower level management jobs. I’m not sure the career change made them no longer care about people.

bbqfog1y ago

This is definitely how the capital class views labor. Don’t be fooled, and ignore at your own peril.

LPisGoodOP1y ago

I wouldn’t really consider someone that moved from middle management to upper management/executive leadership to be a part of the “capital class.”

Investors, board members, maybe even some CEOs, sure.

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int_19h1y ago

bbarn1y ago

I think his statement could have benefited from and/or implicitly in the list of titles.

I certainly care very deeply about my people, and letting someone go is a last resort after trying to work things out. My boss cares that I care.. their boss.. we're numbers.

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