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Re:CEOs are running companies from afar even as workers retu... by jarsin on Thursday August 15, 2024 @09:39PM (#41262315)
One company I worked for expanded to an Europe office that consisted of just 1 employee. A coworker tried to get the office address, but could never get a straight answer.

When layoffs came around the COO was so out of touch at that point he literally complained about having to fly his family back from Europe.

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Re:CEOs are running companies from afar even as workers retu... by sidewndr46 on Thursday August 15, 2024 @09:55PM (#41262398)
Wait, can you explain this? I don't understand it at all.
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Re:CEOs are running companies from afar even as workers retu... by jarsin on Thursday August 15, 2024 @10:08PM (#41262476)
Executives used a Europe Office, that was really just one employee with no actual physical office, as an excuse to take europe vacations with their families, and expense it to the company.

A few executives were over there when they got word that mass layoffs needed to happen and were called back to HQ in the states. The COO complained in the office that these layoffs ruined his families Europe trip. Confirming what we all suspected.

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