Remember when Spez said it was “It’s time we grow up and behave like an adult company”? Apparently, that means paying himself $193 million and single-handedly tanking Reddit’s profitability right b…::undefined

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    910 months ago

    Makes you wonder which came first: the psychopathy or the CEO position. Could be an interesting study to be performed, for sure.

    • @[email protected]
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      1310 months ago

      The psychopathy. This isn’t unique to CEOs, it applies to nearly anyone in a position of power since the dawn of time.

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        210 months ago

        As they say, power corrupts. So, really we should ask what psychopathic tendencies the CEO had before and after his/her rise to power.

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          510 months ago

          In business, I think it’s less that power corrupts. CEO positions aren’t being randomly handed to good people. The preexisting psychopathy, i.e. the ability to value money and profit over their fellow humans’ livelihoods, is exactly what makes them suited for that position.

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      710 months ago

      Pretty sure there were many psychopath cavemen but only like 1 or 2 CEO cavemen probably