• samokosik@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Well, if dropbox can exist without those 500 employees, then it’s logical. You don’t judge success of a business by how many people it employs

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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      The problem is that we judge its success by how much the wealthiest people bet on its success in a glorified casino instead of anything else, like its positive impact on society.

      A plane can continue to fly without a pilot. The problem is not “continuing to exist”, but continued success or a spectacular crash.

      Also, I’d bet on Dropbox being able to function quite well without its CEO.

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      The employees are more important than the boss. So yeah, I do count those jobs and feel it means something significant. Also, what does “logical” even mean to you? If the boss cut his own pay, he could have kept the employees. That’s just as logical, isn’t it? So you’re not talking about logic, are you.

      If you want to talk about values, let’s do it. Please explain why multi millionaires (and richer) matter more than everyone else. Please.

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      You could argue that you can judge their success based on the ratio of employees they used to employ versus how many they employ now.