4 ms·
I have an MBA. It’s not mine or any of my peer’s jobs to provide crap products to ends users - thats up to shareholders to decide.
by greggsy 4y ago
I have an MBA. It’s not mine or any of my peer’s jobs to provide crap products to ends users - thats up to shareholders to decide.
- SargeDebian 4y agoHow does that work? The head of engineering gets a unit cost reduction target and then they call some shareholders to come review some proposals for which option works best? Do they show up with a printed certificate showing they own at least one share?
- kube-system 4y agoPublic companies are required to hold annual meetings with shareholders where they vote for board members and bring up proposals. Shareholders may choose to vote for board member with views about managing the business that they agree with. https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/040315/what-can-shareholders-vote.asp https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/040315/what-can-sha...
- Phlarp 4y agoPass that buck on down the line.
- bandyaboot 4y agoSo what would you say you do here?
- transcriptase 4y agoIt’s your job to decide whether to make the world slightly worse and make an extra dollar, or maintain/improve quality while finding efficiencies elsewhere. The second option may be more difficult but let’s not pretend there aren’t companies that choose it and succeed.
- greggsy 4y agoThat’s a very ignorant perspective. For me, it’s rarely about efficiency, and almost always about improving outcomes for workers and users. Micromanaging efficacy to maximise profit is an economists job. If the general public wants a cheap, bad product, they can do so, but they rarely have the inside knowledge to discern quality. Marketing is responsible for telling miseducating them.