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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 55 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

I'm starting to think that most "business" leaders have the skills of a Trump. It's all puffery.

[–] silentjohn@lemmy.ml 49 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Have you ever talked to a CEO? Like, sit down and talk face to face? Their are dumb as rocks. They are dumb as rocks and make all the money, and just move around from company to company, running them into the ground.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 19 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Yes. Yes I have. And I agree with you. The "starting to think" is an old Norm McDonald trope.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I'm starting to think that Norm McDonald character isn't a very serious person.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Yes. My last 3 were excellent businessmen and treated employees exceptionally well.

The one before that was a buffoon, but that was a tiny 13-person company. Our main vendor said, "He's a man who has found great success despite himself."

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
  • some exceptions for CEOs that actually founded the company they remain in charge of, but they're in the minority for sure. There's probably variance by sector as well.
[–] silentjohn@lemmy.ml 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

All CEOs need to be [redacted]

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Maybe I'm just too close to the non-profit side of things to see it as a simple binary.

[–] letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 24 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I work in IT, and the accuracy of "The IT Crowd" when it comes to management is scary. How they get anything done is beyond me.

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago

They don't get anything done they just ask other people to do stuff. Their job is to nag you and stress you out until you do stuff

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 13 points 20 hours ago

During americas “great” years a lot of the research and development was guided by long term USA policy. We are no longer guided by any sense of what’s to come. It’s a greedy grab all free-for-all. No rules no restrictions, just have fun and make lots of money.

[–] Themosthighstrange@lemmy.world 9 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

If trump can graduate with a IVY league degree, that says a lot about the (trogolydite) IVY league grads.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Ivy league degrees are only impressive if you're poor. Any idiot multimillionaire or above can buy one for themselves.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

We said the same thing about bush! Clearly they lost their luster damn near a century ago.

[–] Taniwha420@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Ivy League schools were never about education. They've always about making connections with other elites.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

and suckering in the actual talent/smart kids, to be exploited by those elites with connections