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Maersk to cut 10k jobs as shipping demand drops

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Re: Maersk to cut 10k jobs as shipping demand drops

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post #166

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> It is an uneven power balance between corporations and workers. Then the solution is obvious: Workers should incorporate and sell their work under that corporate banner.

That's not the obvious solution. A better solution for example would be giving the workers tools and knowledge to get what they want just from their job (because everyone is different).

But then they'd still be workers and not corporations, and thus subject to the power imbalance spoken of earlier. Perhaps we could simply assign everyone a corporation at birth? Then it doesn't even have to be an active activity.

Re: Maersk to cut 10k jobs as shipping demand drops

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𝐓𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭. 𝐈𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐈 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟. 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐄𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰, 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 (@) 𝐆𝐦 𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐂 𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐀𝐩𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐈 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞, 𝐈 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭.

Re: Maersk to cut 10k jobs as shipping demand drops

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> Danish shipping giant Maersk has posted earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of $30.9bn for the full year ended 31 December 2022, a 57% surge from $19.6bn in 2021. > This is said to be the firm’s best-ever annual result. https://www.ship-technology.com/news/maersk-logs-record-prof... Really sad to see these companies make enormous record beating profits then months later do mass layoffs just to maintain better…

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Re: Maersk to cut 10k jobs as shipping demand drops

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post #87

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If they're making record profits and have already employed decent workers, isn't the optimal strategy surely "find something profitable for them to work on"?

It's possible to make record profits one year and a loss the next if you don't react early enough to trends.

I'm not quibbling with that. I guess I'm questioning whether laying off thousands of people is the best reaction, as opposed to redirecting their efforts.

Re: Maersk to cut 10k jobs as shipping demand drops

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post #166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's not the obvious solution. A better solution for example would be giving the workers tools and knowledge to get what they want just from their job (because everyone is different).

But then they'd still be workers and not corporations, and thus subject to the power imbalance spoken of earlier. Perhaps we could simply assign everyone a corporation at birth? Then it doesn't even have to be an active activity.

What's wrong with being a worker? That doesn't mean in and of itself, that there is a power imbalance. Companies need workers, it is a two way street.
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