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I worked at a scientific journal as a copy-editor, the CEO was an unaccomplished scientist and scummy businessman who drastically underpaid his scientifically t
by Dumblydorr 5y ago
I worked at a scientific journal as a copy-editor, the CEO was an unaccomplished scientist and scummy businessman who drastically underpaid his scientifically trained employees while he collected as many Teslas as he could.
The entire business model was to pitch their suite of video publications to university library systems, not to individual scientists themselves. I also was obligated to legitimately spam professional researchers to get peer reviews so this greedy CEO could get another Tesla or pay capital for his wife to flip another house. Every publication meant thousands in fees, so spam away we did until we got poached or gave up on it and left without another job.
- enriquto 5y agoIt is a bit sad to see that Teslas have spectacularly replaced BMWs as the go-to car for absolute douchebags.
- danaris 5y agoFrankly, I'm much happier with absolute douchebags not dumping carbon dioxide into the air every time they want to Go Very Fast.
- hkt 5y agoI'd be happier if they were all banned from driving and provided with a bus pass.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoAnd Tacomas have replaced Priuses as the go to car for people who obliviously clog the left lane. The only constant in life is change.
- wolverine876 5y agoWould it make bad policies better if the CEO was a Nobel Prize winner, paid well, and was a wonderful person? I don't see the value of the personal attack.
- omginternets 5y agoThe fact that a leader has questionable ethics is very relevant. Ad hominem attacks are fallacious only when the character of the man isn't relevant.
- daenz 5y agoWhat is unethical about flipping houses or buying Teslas?
- omginternets 5y agoDo you really think we’re saying that buying Teslas is ethical, or do you think we don’t see what you’re doing here?
- daenz 5y agoNo, I think you're saying buying Teslas is unethical. What I'm doing here is calling out the anti people-who-have-more-than-me sentiment instead of passively going along with it. Got a problem with that?
- omginternets 5y agoThat’s not what we’re doing. We know you know this.
- hkt 5y agoConsider naming and shaming? (Assuming libel law where you are couldn't bite you. If it could, please don't)
- daenz 5y agoWhy do you care how many Teslas he has or how many houses his wife flips. That is completely separate from whether or not his business is ethical. It sounds like you think that having Teslas and flipping houses are evidence of being a bad person. Also, criticizing an unethical business while working there and advancing it doesn't really paint you in a favorable light either, unless you had no job alternatives.