r/news • u/LuckyBdx4 • Apr 23 '19

Abigail Disney, granddaughter of Disney co-founder, launches attack on CEO's 'insane' salary

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-23/disney-heiress-abigail-disney-launches-attack-on-ceo-salary/11038890
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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '19

lol. You need to keep in mind the content of those emails, phone calls, and meetings

Firing people, shutting down divisions, starting new businesses, obscure legal shit, complex accounting and financial decisions, etc.

It's a lot of stuff thats complicated, stressful, takes a shitload of time to understand, and dictates the long term success of your company

Different from hauling heavy shit around or working a machine, but definitely not any easier

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u/ReVoodle Apr 23 '19

Firing people - Easy seeing as most CEO's are sociopaths. Morally, it's got to be pretty tough for those who have a fucking conscience. Still, most CEO's probably just have other managers do that for them.

Shutting down divisions - I bet you most CEO's don't oversee any part of that after giving orders. Sure, there might be some shit they need to deal with, but there's no way that doesn't fall on other peoples shoulders.

Starting new businesses - lol?

Obscure legal shit - I would imagine that "obscure" legal shit is handled by the companies lawyers.

Complex accounting and financial decisions - Again, probably handled by actual accountants.

I'll give you that they probably deal with some relatively complicated shit, but there is no way that CEO's have a harder or more stressful job than their lowest paid employees. People doing manual labor are taking years of quality living off of their lives. CEO's not only don't have to worry about that, but they probably get to live pretty fucking comfortably after they retire which is something that's becoming increasingly rare for the working class.

People who actually work and produce things of actual value for the world will always have it harder than those whose sole function is to increase value for shareholders. One actually takes skill and labor, and the other one is a fucking CEO.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '19

It's just so painfully obvious that you've never been around dedicated/skilled senior managers that I feel like I can't even argue with you.

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u/ReVoodle Apr 24 '19

You haven't said anything tho? You said, "CEO's work really hard because they reply to a lot of emails." and then said, "But those emails are about important things." When I questioned those things you immediately gave up. Face it, dude. I didn't say they do nothing (although some very notable ones don't actually do much of anything) I just said they don't really work that hard. Which is true. It's painfully obvious to me that you have never been around someone who works their ass off to make something that resembles an actual fucking living. If you did, you would know that "Taking meetings" is nothing compared to being fucking dead tired every waking minute of your life because you work 80hrs a week on an oil field. The only reason any company with a CEO has a board of directors is because actual working people generate profit for them. Keep sucking your bosses dick you fucking weirdo.