• Wrufieotnak@feddit.org
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    11 hours ago

    This is so dumb. I never believed the hype around CEOs, but I still thought they needed to have something, anything, to reach their position.

    But the artificial dumbness time really reveals how many of them had simply dumb luck and no morals. And that was apparently enough for all of human history because their underlings protected them from acting too stupid. And now they think they don’t need those underlings anymore. Well, at least I can laugh myself to death before the climate wars.

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      7 hours ago

      Be tall, handsome, good hair, a deep voice, and exude confidence, and you’re halfway there. Looking like a CEO is half the battle.

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        4 hours ago

        simply being an asshole and not caring about how your actions affect other people can get you surprisingly far in life

        just imagine all the time that you save if you never return your shopping cart, or park anywhere you want, or butt to the front of lines

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      10 hours ago

      Shareholders care about only one thing, and its not the company or its employees. Of course maniacal idiots are at the top of the list for CEO, their too narcissistic and lack empathy to care.

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        9 hours ago

        Oh for sure! I just thought in their heads was a certain kind of business savvyness to reach their position. But it seems they just hear the echo of their own voice.