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[-] freebee@sh.itjust.works 93 points 4 days ago

Once per year, every CEO should do the lowest paid job in the company for a week.

[-] fizzle@quokk.au 25 points 4 days ago

Loads of CEOs are well aware of how shit the jobs theyre providing are.

[-] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 5 points 4 days ago

And they should live exclusively of that wage.

[-] TheFrogThatFlies@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Even an average paying job, just to remember what the company really does and what people stand for, other than making money.

[-] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago

From what I’ve seen so far. Making money is what most companies stand for. At least once they reach a certain revenue level.

[-] lostme@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago

From where CEOs stand, an average paying job is no different from the lowest paying job

[-] Brownie@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago

Let's just get rid of the CEO part, and make the workers own and make decisions

[-] BewareOfIdiot@nord.pub 4 points 4 days ago

Yeah that'll work. 500 people making joint decisions.

[-] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Have you heard of democracy? Why is society so allergic to bringing it to the workplace? You damn well should get to vote on positions that are necessarily hierarchical.

The CEO should be appointed/fired either by a board that's voted on by the workers (and recallable), or the workers should get to vote for a CEO directly (who should also be recallable).

Some may call this socialism, which yes, it's a part of it.

I suggest we replace every CEO with a cat and a business buzzword soundboard.

It will result in increased revenue, profit, employee satisfaction, willingness to return to office work, work environment health, employee retention, and most importantly, amount of cats in the office. (After all, a CatEO needs a VPurr and a mewsistant...)

[-] BewareOfIdiot@nord.pub 2 points 4 days ago

"Where are you going?" "oh I'm just going to pet the CEO and give her treats, brb"

[-] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 days ago

Isn't that already how it happens when the shareholders are involved?

[-] BewareOfIdiot@nord.pub 3 points 4 days ago

Well, by my knowledge they sometimes vote and the amount of votes one has correlates to your share%. A CEO is appointed precisely to make decisions for them.

Assuming every employee has equal voting power I don't see it being particularly effective. But it might, i guess.

[-] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

i guess for a company something like elections for the ceo might work

[-] Furbag@pawb.social 2 points 4 days ago

Yes, but then it becomes weighted by how much financial stake you have in the company, rather than the worker's contribution to their success (I'd argue that employees have just as much at stake as most investors, as working for a living is their primary means of earning income, and losing thay income due to a business failing can be just as ruinous). If an individual holds 51% of the public shares, the voting process is performative at best. That person will always have the power to change the board of directors who will then set policy that aligns with whatever their desires are.

[-] Mirshe@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Actually working fine for Mondragon. A federation of worker coops in Spain, it's 70 thousand people or so and seems to have worked for the past 70 years, even outlasting Francoism. Wage ratios (between minimum and the highest wage in the coop) are fixed and must be voted on to be changed, and I believe management positions can be voted out by their subordinates.

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