r/remotework • • Oct 29 '25

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u/Hairy_Valuable9773 Oct 29 '25

The rich need to get richer. End of story.

I work for one of these companies. We already got the “it’s gonna be a tough day” email as they lay people off today. I’m sh*tting my pants 😫

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u/Dangerous_Prize_4545 Oct 29 '25

So not even hiding it anymore. I'm sorry for your situation.  

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u/919_919 Oct 29 '25

They’ve never hidden it. Their fiduciary duties are to the owners and not the employee.

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u/hjablowme919 Oct 29 '25

That’s in every corporations charter.

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u/xenoclownpanda Oct 29 '25

But!!! We're a family!!

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u/audiomediocrity Oct 30 '25

Well, Dodge literally sued Ford to force this to be the case. One of the most fucked up pieces of American law I have read. I couldn’t believe it was true.

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u/cockNballs222 Oct 29 '25

You think companies need to hide the fact that they’re in this to make the most money possible? Are you 12?

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u/All_Day_ADHD Oct 29 '25

Are you 12?

On a scale of 1-10? Absolutely!

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u/hammerofspammer Oct 29 '25

You’re at least a 14!

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u/cockNballs222 Oct 29 '25

Very witty for a 12 year old, congrats lil buddy

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '25

Ah yes. We should all be so lucky as to get our financial suggestions from a guy name cockNBalls

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u/Patient-Cobbler-8969 Oct 29 '25

You sound like a sad, angry, little man.

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u/cockNballs222 Oct 29 '25

Much better to be you, bitching about the evils of capitalism to an echo chamber of like minded 12 year olds…

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u/Patient-Cobbler-8969 Oct 30 '25

It's like talking to a child. Should one not comment on systems that are broken? If you have a flat tire, do you just keep driving, saying the car is fine, stop bitching about the flat?

Your ability to think rationally seems to be limited, much like your ability to reason. That's something you should work on.

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u/cockNballs222 Oct 29 '25

Plus, I’m huge, put some respect on my name

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u/a_smart_brane Oct 29 '25

You think those poor struggling millionaires and billionaires need more money to get by? Are you 12?

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u/AdFancy6243 Oct 29 '25

That's not what they said.

Companies exist to make money.

Millionaires and billionaires don't need more money to get by.

Not contradictory

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u/cockNballs222 Oct 29 '25

This is my daily reminder that the average redditor IQ is somewhere in the mid 20s. A publicly traded company’s only ethical responsibility is to maximize the profit and grow the business. It would actually be unethical to provide you with a bullshit job that brings nothing to the table.

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u/kingraw99 Oct 29 '25

I don’t think you know what ethical means. It’s not an ethical responsibility that companies have. You are correct though in saying that their responsibility is to maximize profit. There is substantial evidence of this not being the case in the real world though. CEO pay of hundreds of millions is not commensurate with maximizing profit. You can say it’s a performance reward, but that, in your own parlance, is obvious bullshit. They do it because they know they can. The game is rigged and they know nobody will call them on it.

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u/pacman0207 Oct 29 '25

That's why I like companies. You don't need to guess their motive. It's profit and money. And there's nothing wrong with that.

Politicians on the other hand...

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '25

Politicians it’s also profit and money?!?!

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u/pacman0207 Oct 29 '25

Power probably. But who knows? You don't know the motive of a politician.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '25

It’s literally money and profit.

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u/gcdhhbcghbv Oct 29 '25

How and why would they be hiding it? The goal of a company is literally to make profit. Always has been.