• @[email protected]
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    This fuckin’ guy. He lives in Newport Beach and was made the CEO of Chipotle, which was headquartered in Denver. Since he didn’t want to move to Denver, he laid off almost the entire corporate office and moved it to Newport Beach.

    He justified all this by having a consulting company come in and do a study about where the best restaurant talent is in the US. Surprise, surprise. The best place for a corporate office just happened to be right where this assclown lived.

    I guess what I’m saying is two things:

    1. Fuck this clown.

    2. Starbuck corporate employees are about to be surprised to learn that apparently Newport Beach has the best coffee talent in the country.

    • @stormeuh
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      283 months ago

      Consultancy firms know where their bread is buttered. In cases like this one, they’re not much more than professional yes-men in suits.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      Yeah fuck Seattle. All they ever did was revolutionize the entire coffee industry 2 separate times, and foster talent for generations of musicians. I guess they’re also great at culinary experiences, art and culture, and maritime history. Oh and tech. They kind of dominated the tech industry for 40 years. But nothing else! Fuck that place! All hail Newport Beach!

    • @[email protected]
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      843 months ago

      Unfortunately a significant proportion of the population idolizes these parasites because they think they too could be billionaires if they just lick those boots hard enough.

      As long as we keep pretending conservatism is a valid political ideology, things will only get worse

      • @[email protected]
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        As long as we keep pretending conservatism is a valid political ideology, things will only get worse

        Hear, hear

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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        There’s nothing wrong with conserving. There’s everything wrong with whatever the fuck people who call themselves conservatives today are.

        • @jorp
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          63 months ago

          Nah when faced with crises there is something wrong with conserving the status quo. Never mind that modern conservatives are actually regressives who want to undo past progress.

        • zeekaran
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          63 months ago

          Hello yes I would like to conserve the planet.

          • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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            No, I mean there’s nothing wrong with conserving non-harmful tradition, ideals, etc… It becomes an issue when that conservation hinders progress, or hurts people, the environment, or animals.

      • ObjectivityIncarnate
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        they think they too could be billionaires if they just lick those boots hard enough.

        ‘They see themselves as temporarily-embarrassed millionaires’ is a straw man, and it’s always been a straw man. No one has ever earnestly expressed this sentiment.

    • @Wilzax
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      183 months ago

      This comment, in reference to anything but parasitic sociopaths who exploit others for their own benefit, would be very troubling.

      But because this is targeted at a billionaire asswipe, I have to say I agree wholeheartedly.

      • modifier
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        63 months ago

        Change People to choices and we are all good all around.

    • Transporter Room 3
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      Unfortunately, people don’t usually tolerate my brand of intolerance towards people actively making the world shittier.

      A quick drop and a sudden stop pretty effectively neutralizes any future plans billionaires can make.

      • @[email protected]
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        43 months ago

        Recently being swallowed by the ocean has been another method the Earth has been using to remove them as well.

        • Transporter Room 3
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          63 months ago

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    • @lolrightythen
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      We’re already past the tipping point. Don’t have any more children.

      Maybe there’s a higher power who you will be judged by. Even if not, there is no need to be wasteful at the expense of other life.

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      Right?? Private jet or no private jet, I would jump at the chance to just decree from on high that corporate HQ was now virtual. Like why make that much money and still enslave yourself to a commute?

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    Just don’t buy Starbucks and this MF will magically disappear. It’s terrible anyway…

    • @Bertuccio
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      I started boycotting Starbucks when I learned they had partnered with Nestle for store-bought products - their Sumatra and Komodo Dragon coffees were pretty good.

      I send an email every year or so to let them know, since boycotts aren’t effective if the group being boycotted doesn’t know why, with predictably apathetic responses.

      Anyway, if you’re a no-Nestle person then Starbucks is on the list…

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        I started boycotting Starbucks since the first time I tasted their coffee. Espresso isn’t supposed to taste like burning tyres. I don’t understand how they can charge so much for dogshit coffee.

        It’s not impossible to make a chain of coffee houses that serves decent coffee, Espresso House did it in Sweden.

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          Most people put cream and sugar in their coffee or get one of milk based beverages.

          They are not there for single origin light roasts.

        • @P1nkman
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          The society in general is more about brands than good stuff. For anything…

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            No, society in general just isn’t too particular about their sweet milk drinks. You don’t need to use the most perfectly extracted espresso in a beverage that’s mostly dairy and sugar syrup.

            Edit: typo

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      It’s genuinely some of the worst coffee you can get. They only specialize in drinks that are basically just milkshakes with coffee in them.

      Hersheys + ice + milk + coffee beats any iced mocha they’ve ever made at starbucks.

  • @Imp3riaLL
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    CEO’s are the pox upon this planet! They are only here to maximize profits in anyway possible wich usually means fucking over everyone they can

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      Remember they only have to maximise profits because of the exorbitant salaries they demanded.

      The profits were already there before they took them, and now they want the customers to increase their profits so they can hand that to their shareholders

    • @kinsnik
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      103 months ago

      I think cancer is a better analogy.

      Like cancer cells, billionaires are part of the system that just keeps on trying to grow and hoard all the resources, hurting and damaging the organism

    • Lightor
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      I’d say in general sure, but I’ve known some CEOs of small companies who really do care. They just never make it to massive companies, probably because they aren’t willing to do the horrible shit needed to “take it to the next level.”

    • @[email protected]
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      In our healthcare system they’re talking about refusing non emergent treatment for people without insurance until they get Medicaid, which can apparently take a month. This would save about 20million, which is strikingly close to what Propublica reports the system pays in executive compensation. In other words, if the money is THAT important, we have a way to save that money without literally denying cancer care (time is a factor). But reduction in executive expenses isn’t on the table. Fuck these high earning sociopaths.

  • @Subtracty
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    I realize as a mere pawn in the giant corporate chess game I have no right to ask this question.

    But how in the ever loving fuck is this man providing that much value that he can justify this kind of action. There wasn’t another candidate for the job that could do 90% of the same work, but was willing to live in the same zip code as their employees and save the cost and emissions of this commute? I guess this man will result in the most profit for shareholders. I can’t even comprehend how someone can justify it, though.

    • @stoly
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      This is really about class and a small club of inside people who are wealthy and have a lot of shit cornered.

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      To be a successful CEO at this level you need to have zero morals and be the most sociopathic person society has to offer. It really tracks when you see stories like this.

    • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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      No other person has the chipotle experience he has.

      Chipotle is up 135.78% above the s&p 500 over past 5 years.

      All of that growth is directly attributable to the CEO (/s)

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        That growth is also directly attributable to short term gains that will ruin the future of the company.

        • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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          The price of a share is supposed to reflect the expected discounted value of all future dividends.

          As long as the shareholders can sell at a higher price, they don’t care about short vs long term.

    • @netvor
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      another candidate for the job that could do 90% of the same work, but was willing to live in the same zip code

      But then who’s gonna do the remaining 10%? Oh wait…

      See? It goes around and around.

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    I’d boycott them but I haven’t had Starbucks in years.

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      I’ve been boycotting it for a while but honestly it’s not hard. If I’m going to spend Starbucks money on a drink there are so many better places around.

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      Just had my first cup in years and it was trash. My macchiatos are so much better.

      I just spent enough for a month supply of espresso on a fucking cup… Was away from home and got weak

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      I used to like their hot chocolate but they don’t have that anymore.

  • @DarkCloud
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    It should honestly be a disqualifying demonstration of bad decision making.

    You can either put in a lot of effort straight away (saving time and effort later), or delay the inevitable, pay quite a large sum in transport costs every day, and have to do infinite airport runs?..

    Choosing the latter shows he shouldn’t have the job.

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      But he make number go up! Him good CEO! Ugh guh. EBITDA unk chick-ken

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      Honestly it shows a lack of commitment. By refusing to relocate it shows he’s not planning on staying.

      Come in, axe some heads, “streamline” and “cost cut” whilst gutting indispensable roles that have invisible contribution. Stock gets attention, lines goes up, he gets his bonus payout; it’s a classic CEO shuffle pump and dump.

      Or maybe he’s their agreed scapegoat for their increasing union busting. Either way, he clearly has no plans to stay with the company long term.

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    Fuck this guy. The only thing I think of when I see his face is that god awful video he did about Chipotle’s portion sizes.

    • Icalasari
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      Maybe we can get lucky and he crashes into the home of another billionaire. Two uber rich, one plane

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      Planes are a magnitude safer than cars. Health wise, he’s better off flying for his daily fucking commute

    • @stoly
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      Flying really is safe. What you’re hoping for is a daily commute via auto.

  • @lightyagami
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    Stuff like this is why I hate these companies so much. Yeah mate I’ll use a paper straw for your overpriced coffee to save the environment, you can continue to come to your office in a fucking plane everyday.

  • @Got_Bent
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    Can he commute via billionaire submarine instead?