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Nobody else seems to have mentioned it, I don't know if this is an unusual opinion or it's just the whole "billionaires and CEOs = bad" mob mentality has cloude
by throwawaylinux 4y ago
Nobody else seems to have mentioned it, I don't know if this is an unusual opinion or it's just the whole "billionaires and CEOs = bad" mob mentality has clouded opinions or he has a lot of fans here or what it is.
His cartoons and the way he distributes them is really quite distasteful to me.
Many of them criticize the organization he works for which okay is arguably not bad if it is measured and constructive, but I also think it can be destructive for morale and pointless. Everyone bitches and gossips and dramatizes about work, it's part of being in the trenches together, but you don't generally publish that on company-wide or public forums. Which is bad enough.
But actually much worse is his singling out individuals for criticism. Repeatedly. This meets textbook definitions for workplace bullying, and I don't think that's okay. Setting aside the other subjects of his cartoons, I don't think it is okay even to target the CEO this way. He may affect the entire company, but imagine doing a weekly cartoon criticizing your line manager and sharing in among her direct reports. Horrible, and certainly bullying. Parag is a human too, and should not have to be subject to that in his workplace. So is Musk, whatever you think of him, and the other executives in the cartoons for that matter.
Just because you're playing the whacky eccentric artist with hip cartoons that criticize those terrible corporations and hated billionaihs and CEOs and everyone on social media gives you lots of likes and shares... does not absolve you from the effect of your speech on others. And the calculus actually changes radically when you're not just some random comedian commentating on a public figure, but actually a colleague commenting from a position of knowing a lot of private details about these people.
I'm actually amazed this person lasted as long as he did. I feel sorry for colleagues of people like this who are affected by them, because often people are scared to speak out, and often the companies themselves seem to be scared of the backlash from disciplining or terminating them because of their cult followings.