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I see a worrying trend of CEOs using openly hostile language towards employees, even in those companies who should be a bit better. I wonder if they have an end

by agos 1y ago

I see a worrying trend of CEOs using openly hostile language towards employees, even in those companies who should be a bit better. I wonder if they have an endgame and what it is. Voluntary resignation?

dude250711 1y ago
Cognitive dissonance: mates at CEO retreats say it's the next industrial revolution, people on the ground say it's just another power tool in the box.
surgical_fire 1y ago
Nothing new. People who climb the corporate ladder to C-level are all sociopaths. They always have nothing bit contempt for the peasantry they unfortunately have to employ to make their millions in compensation. It's only trendy now to say those things publicly without PR and media training filter.
JohnFen 1y ago
Yes, the mask is off and the contempt that these CEOs have for people is no longer hidden.
ath3nd 1y ago
There is a great article by Tom Renner about the "inevitability" of LLMs. https://tomrenner.com/posts/llm-inevitabilism/ https://tomrenner.com/posts/llm-inevitabilism/ Of course, when phrased with adversarial language, these self-proclaimed gurus and "leaders" are basically saying: "We know everything and you know not too much, get on board or get behind", to boost their sales. Many times these futures didn't work out: - Elon's self driving cars - Elon's Boring Tunnel - NFTs (mega flop) - Web3/blockchain (it happened but wasn't the revolution and future they were proclaiming) These are just salespeople, they have no idea what they are talking about, they just want to create a need for their product and sell it to you. Would you listen to Linus Torvalds: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/linus_torvalds_ai_hype/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/linus_torvalds_ai_hyp... or to some guy you've never heard of so far. Same for the creator of curl, a tool you use every day: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/15/curl_creator_mulls_nixing_bug/ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/15/curl_creator_mulls_ni.... Nah, this guy is talking BS, as many before him.

by agos 1y ago

dude250711 1y ago

Cognitive dissonance: mates at CEO retreats say it's the next industrial revolution, people on the ground say it's just another power tool in the box.

surgical_fire 1y ago

Nothing new. People who climb the corporate ladder to C-level are all sociopaths. They always have nothing bit contempt for the peasantry they unfortunately have to employ to make their millions in compensation. It's only trendy now to say those things publicly without PR and media training filter.

JohnFen 1y ago

Yes, the mask is off and the contempt that these CEOs have for people is no longer hidden.

ath3nd 1y ago

There is a great article by Tom Renner about the "inevitability" of LLMs. https://tomrenner.com/posts/llm-inevitabilism/ https://tomrenner.com/posts/llm-inevitabilism/ Of course, when phrased with adversarial language, these self-proclaimed gurus and "leaders" are basically saying: "We know everything and you know not too much, get on board or get behind", to boost their sales. Many times these futures didn't work out: - Elon's self driving cars - Elon's Boring Tunnel - NFTs (mega flop) - Web3/blockchain (it happened but wasn't the revolution and future they were proclaiming) These are just salespeople, they have no idea what they are talking about, they just want to create a need for their product and sell it to you. Would you listen to Linus Torvalds: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/linus_torvalds_ai_hype/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/linus_torvalds_ai_hyp... or to some guy you've never heard of so far. Same for the creator of curl, a tool you use every day: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/15/curl_creator_mulls_nixing_bug/ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/15/curl_creator_mulls_ni.... Nah, this guy is talking BS, as many before him.