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One's expectations aren't in any way relevant in considering wether something is an asshole move or not.
by oreilles 10mo ago
One's expectations aren't in any way relevant in considering wether something is an asshole move or not.
- integralid 10mo agoCalling company strategy an "asshole move" is anthropomorphizing a lawnmower.
- amanaplanacanal 10mo agoCompany strategies are created by individual humans being assholes. Don't make excuses for them.
- hnbad 10mo agoBeing an asshole is incentivized by the system. If you don't want companies to behave like assholes, change the system to one that punishes that.
- BAM-DevCrew 10mo ago[dead]
- h2zizzle 10mo agoThe first step in disincentivizing being an asshole is pointing out that someone is being an asshole.
- skeeter2020 10mo agoThis is a parallel argument to the whole "to big to fail" nonsense and not really in line with the famous comparison of a single person to a machine. Company strategies are typically created by small groups of people who - especially in this case - know exactly what the impact and longer-reach implications of their decisions will be. It is entirely reasonable to hold the people of any organization accountable for the policies they enact via that organization.
- jaapz 10mo agoIt's still people who make up a company That strategy did not come into existence through some abstract entity