• DoYouNot@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    This is exactly why we need unions. Just like not having weekends off, it’s normal until it isn’t.

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        27 days ago

        Oh man that’s rough, I’m sorry you’ve not had that. I hope you’ve managed to find other opportunities to spend time with family or do things that you enjoy

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    27 days ago

    He’ll fire workers… what workers exactly? As far as I can tell, he hasn’t actually run a business in 25 years. He got rich when Mattel bought his company in 1999, but then they fired him. He invested in a storage facility company, was on the board of directors but never actually had any employees reporting to him, and then he sold that investment, making him more money.

    Since then, he’s had a number of vanity projects name after himself: O’Leary Funds, O’Leary Ventures, O’Leary Books, O’Leary Fine Wines, I don’t know if any of them are still in business, but if they are, I can’t imagine he has more than a handful of employees.

    Now he’s just a reality TV personality, so of course he’s going to say bullshit that gets him in the spotlight.

    Why would anybody take advice from a reality TV personality who hasn’t managed any employees in a quarter of a century? Especially given that he’s probably just saying bullshit to get his name in the spotlight again.

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    27 days ago

    It’s not about money. It’s about being a petty tyrant and lording over the peasants.

    Fuck the wealthy.

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    26 days ago

    Nobody should give a shit what another reality TV show host business marketing shill grifter has to say about labor regulations. He’s the last person I would care about an opinion from on the topic. Not seeing a link, did the article also include a response from labor leaders?

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      26 days ago

      https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dreams-crap-kevin-oleary-slams-110400900.html

      Unsurprisingly, the article is more nuanced than the title.

      For example, he states he has fired people in the past for not answering an after hours emergency, while the title seems to me to say he would fire people despite the new law.

      The article does include a response and background from labor leaders in Australia, as that is the most recent country to enact this law.

      But I entirely agree about his character, and he’s the worst person on that shark tank show too. I dont know ive ever agreed with a quote of his in an article.

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    27 days ago

    Up next on the news: abusive boss wonders why he can’t retain staff. Should the board step in? Shareholders say yes

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    25 days ago

    If someone like Kevin O’Leary is pissed off, then it’s probably a good thing.

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    27 days ago

    If you look away slightly from that picture, your peripheral sense of a complete fucking asshole will fill in the cigar in his right hand

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    27 days ago

    I can’t imagine why this needy millennial feels so entitled to my attention.

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    25 days ago

    A lot of jobs need constant handouts from their work force just to get things done. But they usually find a way to handsomely pay those at top no matter how much workers are having to do extra. Shouldn’t be so much sacrifice and stress considering what top executives receive.