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Environment & Energy

Vogon_Glory

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2. They've been increasing salaries since the eighties

Reply to Think. Again. (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 08:03 AM

16 hrs ago

It’s been a corporate thing since Ronald Reagan was in the White House. Before, stockholders and bondholders used to enact and enforce rules that punished incompetent or flailing senior executives for screwing up.

Admittedly this was an antiquated notion dating back to the Victorian period and before, but to me it still sounds quite sensible. I think it’s overdue for a come-back.

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We are in oppositeworld... Think. Again. 16 hrs ago #1

They've been increasing salaries since the eighties Vogon_Glory 16 hrs ago #2

Perhaps they should ask their accountants (or any 5th grade math student)...... Think. Again. 15 hrs ago #3