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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nobody should give a shit what another reality TV show host business marketing shill grifter has to say about labor regulations. He's the last person I would care about an opinion from on the topic. Not seeing a link, did the article also include a response from labor leaders?

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dreams-crap-kevin-oleary-slams-110400900.html

Unsurprisingly, the article is more nuanced than the title.

For example, he states he has fired people in the past for not answering an after hours emergency, while the title seems to me to say he would fire people despite the new law.

The article does include a response and background from labor leaders in Australia, as that is the most recent country to enact this law.

But I entirely agree about his character, and he's the worst person on that shark tank show too. I dont know ive ever agreed with a quote of his in an article.

[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

If someone like Kevin O'Leary is pissed off, then it's probably a good thing.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

This old asshole doesn't talk to his workers.

[–] DoYouNot@lemmy.world 159 points 5 days ago (3 children)

This is exactly why we need unions. Just like not having weekends off, it's normal until it isn't.

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[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 153 points 5 days ago (15 children)
[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There are just under 3000 billionaires in the world. The questions to ask are:

Do you start with the richest and move down the list or start at the bottom and see if the top ones give their money away before you get to them?

Do you sharpen the blade after it starts taking more than one blade drop or just enjoy the tension of the longer show?

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I'm thinking more of a parallelized operation, and where their holdings have been nationalized or otherwise socialized beforehand so they wouldn't really have the option to give their money away.

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 132 points 5 days ago (1 children)

He'll fire workers... what workers exactly? As far as I can tell, he hasn't actually run a business in 25 years. He got rich when Mattel bought his company in 1999, but then they fired him. He invested in a storage facility company, was on the board of directors but never actually had any employees reporting to him, and then he sold that investment, making him more money.

Since then, he's had a number of vanity projects name after himself: O'Leary Funds, O'Leary Ventures, O'Leary Books, O'Leary Fine Wines, I don't know if any of them are still in business, but if they are, I can't imagine he has more than a handful of employees.

Now he's just a reality TV personality, so of course he's going to say bullshit that gets him in the spotlight.

Why would anybody take advice from a reality TV personality who hasn't managed any employees in a quarter of a century? Especially given that he's probably just saying bullshit to get his name in the spotlight again.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 49 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is guy's grift is playing daddy capitalist while real owners do actual capitalism.

A useful whore for the regime.

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

So, real life capitalism.

People born on Third Base who think they hit a triple making demands.

[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If it’s a new regulation to not answer phones off the clock, isn’t firing the employee for it illegal?

[–] icedterminal@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago

Yes. But you can best believe they will find something else to fire you for. If you have nothing, then it's an easy case win for you.

[–] rainynight65@feddit.org 109 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Boss announces he will break the law.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 36 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Why can't these regulations be actual crimes, with criminal consequences for the perpetrator. And if he's ordering someone else to do the firing, it's "conspiracy to commit regulatory fraud".

[–] okamiueru@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago

It'll keep getting worse until heads suddenly start rolling.

[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 12 points 4 days ago

Tbh, if you're working that high up the chain that O'Leary calls you personally, you probably are a very wealthy workaholic anyways.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

It's so gross how the .01% love being villains to hardworking folk.

[–] GarlicToast@programming.dev 21 points 4 days ago

He needs a baseball bat to the knee and a diarrhea to the face. It will improve what comes out of his mouth.

[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 42 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Up next on the news: abusive boss wonders why he can't retain staff. Should the board step in? Shareholders say yes

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 19 points 4 days ago

Idk who Kevin O'Leary is but I'm pretty sure he's not my supervisor.

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 33 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What a fucking baby, when did we start letting children lead?

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 9 points 4 days ago

Nah, its now we're putting some restraints on these children who have been free to do what ever and now they're having an entitled little tantrum about it, because god fobid the peasants get to relax.

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

When hasn’t it been this way?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 80 points 5 days ago

It's not about money. It's about being a petty tyrant and lording over the peasants.

Fuck the wealthy.

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 66 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Wow, I would very much like to punch this guy in the face.

[–] BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works 35 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Alternatively we could just get whoever designed Lady Gaga's ridiculous meat suit from a decade back, get another one made, put it on Mr. Punchable Face here, and toss him into an actual shark tank.

That seems fitting.

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[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

German has a word for this guy:

Backpfeifengesicht

(colloquial) a punchable face; a face "in need of a punch".

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[–] vordalack@lemm.ee 7 points 4 days ago

Dude is crazy. Isn't he a grifting, fake guru?

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 37 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Shut up and sit down you big bald fuck

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[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 4 days ago

Do it, they'll approve my unemployment.

[–] TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 32 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Ashamed this piece of shit is Canadian..

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like an easy lawsuit tbh

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[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 24 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Remember when this clown almost ran for Prime Minister of Canada and we all just told him to fuck off so hard that he dropped out?

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[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Who dreams up crap like Kevin O'leary??

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[–] mhague@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

A lot of jobs need constant handouts from their work force just to get things done. But they usually find a way to handsomely pay those at top no matter how much workers are having to do extra. Shouldn't be so much sacrifice and stress considering what top executives receive.

If you look away slightly from that picture, your peripheral sense of a complete fucking asshole will fill in the cigar in his right hand

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