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Kevin O'Leary will fire you if you don't answer your phone off the clock (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 weeks ago by alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@sh.itjust.works

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 133 points 4 weeks 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 48 points 4 weeks 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 3 weeks ago

So, real life capitalism.

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