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How about for a month per year? And they have to subsist solely on the wages earned from it.
by rideontime 4y ago
How about for a month per year? And they have to subsist solely on the wages earned from it.
- jstanley 4y agoWhy would that be better? Wouldn't that leave him less time to do his actual work?
- rychco 4y agoIt would be better for the stated goal of understanding the culture & challenges of living as an actual barista at Starbucks, rather than just a publicity stunt.
- gannonburgett 4y agoSure. But it'd also give them a level of empathy it seems many CEOs lack. I'd say that's worth 1/12 of their work and, if anything, might make them a more efficient and truly understanding leader the remaining 11/12 of the year.
- brookst 4y agoAnd just skip any major business meetings in that month? If you think he’s a bad CEO, you shouldn’t want him there at all. If you think he’s a good CEO you shouldn’t want him dropping his work for a month.
- coldpie 4y agoHe's a CEO of a major company, man. They don't have actual work. This would be the most productive month of his life.
- dachryn 4y agoI was not expecting this Reddit level of comments on HN. Really hoping you are sarcastic.
- coldpie 4y agoNope. The role of executives at large companies is to most effectively move resources away from labor and towards the owners of capital. They decide where to open the next branch to crush competitors who treat their workers and customers better; they negotiate deals with suppliers so those suppliers and their workers have fewer resources; they coordinate with other large competitors to hamper workers' attempts at improving labor conditions. This, to me, doesn't qualify as work. Large company executives create no value. They only take and store value from those who actually perform real work.
- umeshunni 4y agoThis is HN, not /r/antiwork. Back to Reddit, you go, troll.
- coldpie 4y agoAcknowledging the relationship between capital and labor is not an antiwork sentiment.
- sebzim4500 4y agoThat sounds like a lot of work to me. Whether it is good for society is an entirely separate question.
- wahnfrieden 4y agoyou're conflating work and, uh, "activity", so you're just talking past the OP instead of understanding them. a common usage definition of work being used here is in terms of creating "use value". the ceo's activities do not. they do generate profit for ownership though. which is not the same thing as "use value" and serves a different purpose in society. this is basic analysis, not a judgment.
- bannedbybros 4y ago[dead]