• Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    Kinda like that undercover boss show where they tried to show how great these CEOs are by throwing some money at specific employees that are struggling, ignoring that better leadership and compensation that lines up better with the value being created would improve things for all of the other struggling employees that weren’t lucky enough to be assigned to boss babysitting duty (assuming the whole thing wasn’t staged entirely).

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      25 days ago

      It probably wasn’t staged sadly. Those privileged billionaires saw the struggling employees as the exception, not the rule.

      I know it wasn’t because there was an episode where an employee disillusioned with life and struggling with drug addiction was fired “As a favor to him”, and it was framed as being super wholesome, even though now that guy without any financial support and no way to get help will likely relapse harder than he ever has…

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      25 days ago

      I would understand a boss going undercover to investigate where things are least efficient and whether their subordinates are lying about safety violations at a lower cost than getting an actual investigation.

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        25 days ago

        The word “subordinates” disgusts me.
        Luckily I’ve never had to work with someone who felt they were above the other members of their team.

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          25 days ago

          Subordinate has a lot of implications, and typically I only hear it used to talk about people working for the bad guy…