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I wonder if this would make any sense in a tech company. I would generally think a CEO (who is on the board) is going to be more aligned with an engineer's inte
by rdl 8y ago
I wonder if this would make any sense in a tech company. I would generally think a CEO (who is on the board) is going to be more aligned with an engineer's interests than the CEO and a walmart cashier, but they still have some distinct interests. Maybe a representative of non-founders holding the "standard" employee form of stock?
- frgtpsswrdlame 8y agoAlong what dimensions do you think a tech CEO is more aligned with their employees' interests than a retail CEO would be?
- nerdponx 8y agoIsn't this basically what CTOs and CIOs do? Would the non-tech equivalent would be something fanciful like a Chief Cashier Officer?
- sjg007 8y agoYou'd probably have a "cashier" who was elected by their peers. Usually it could be a union leader but in the event of no union I'd imagine the workers would vote. It's probably not done because it is quasi-union already as the voting part has already happened so it's just one more step to vote to unionize.
- forapurpose 8y agoCTOs and CIOs are management and represent management. Their priorities aren't wages and working conditions, but bottom line performance and their own power and careers. They represent employee interests as much as the HR director does.
- Alex3917 8y ago> I wonder if this would make any sense in a tech company. Yes. Consider these possible board compositions: - 2/3rds founders, 1/3rd investors - 2/3rds investors, 1/3rd founders - 1/3rd founders, 1/3rd investors, 1/3 employees It doesn't really matter whether the CEO is aligned with employees per se, the real value is in having the employees be the tie-breaking vote between management and investors.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoI would not think that a tech CEO is any more aligned with an engineer's interests than any other CEO of any other company.