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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... (www.npr.org)
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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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[–] weew@lemmy.ca 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Plenty of CEOs are psychopaths, it's practically a requirement to rise to the top. The business world would see him as one of their own.

[–] PirateMike94@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] thecrotch@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] bobgusford@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] weew@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 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.

[–] thecrotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

My guess is sociopathy. Same with politicians.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] PirateMike94@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Haha. Fair point!