i bet he will ban plastic straws to compensate
I don't understand the point of straws. Can't you just use your mouth?
Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1k miles from California to Seattle
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Re: Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1k miles from California to Seattle
#22But as a CEO, he should be in a good position to change the stupid hybrid remote policy of Starbucks if he wishes so, no?
No, because then grunts would be slacking at home.
Re: Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1k miles from California to Seattle
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
This reminded me of Pascal Husting, a director of Greenpeace (!) who commuted from Luxembourg to Amsterdam by flying up and down several times a month. It completely soured my opinion of Greenpeace, and I've avoided donating ever since. I just looked up the aftermath, and it turns he stopped flying his commute in 2014, and switched to the train in response to the criticism. It's interesting that a poorly judged actio…
The guy's clueless, but to be fair to him, I just looked up the travel time between Luxembourg and Amsterdam by train and it's around 7.5 hours, so I can see why he wouldn't want to travel that way when a plane is much faster. Even traveling that distance by car is faster! (~4.5h) Honestly, that kind of travel time by train is just shameful. Meanwhile, just over the border, traveling between various mid-size German c…
Compare a graduate, wearing a suit, walking around streets in the summer, trying to get work at any company that will hire him for programming, then any cafe that will just let him serve drinks, and still not get hired. Compare this smart kid, who might have not got a perfect grade due to unforeseen circumstances, smart , intelligent, willing to do anything, for a job that pays $5 an hour in his field. Compare this 21 year old, to another man, who is CEO , of a company, that somehow exists solely to protect the planet, through humanitys good will. Now imagine that 21 year old, not moving to amsterdam, to live in a flat, to do his best for not just his peers, and respect to the company, but for the "good side" of every well meaning, often poor citizen willing to help improve the planet. Imagine this kid saying, nah I rather fly in a jet, that helps destroy the environment, and inconvenience my peers, and cost everyone involved with me and the company just so I can be closer to my garden.
It doesn't come down to whether the CEO train timetable is slightly out of whack. Its literally everything. Some humans exist and grew on a plane of existence so different to the reality of the greater majority, that its often too hard for them to even comprehend it.
I'm not bitter really, I retired young. But I could never bring myself to be that CEO, even now that I have money.
This isn't a humble brag I'm just explaining how alien some peoples lives are, including most of you, with your 6 figure salaries compared to the "norm". Just a friendly reminder. /rant
Re: Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1k miles from California to Seattle
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Exactly. We're all expected to suffer the inconvenience of soggy straws to offset this guys near daily commute. And it's not just this. Near all elites have unsustainable lifestyles that we are expected to offset by changing our daily habits.
Private jets should be required to burn biofuels or purchase carbon offsets. If you can afford a private jet, you can easily afford to make it carbon neutral.
How about this instead: if the company you are a CxO at has ever once spoken about how sustainable/green/environmental it is, you're not allowed private jets. In fact if the trip doesn't require you to cross an ocean, you can take a bike.
Any violators will be held personally liable with a fine up to 150% of said corporation's global profits
Re: Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1k miles from California to Seattle
#25So wait, is he considered remote/hybrid or he’s just a regular employee whose commuting by jet?
Also who is paying for the three times a week personal jet flights?
Edit: Nevermind the article says corporate jet. Silly me. Imagine Starbucks even paying the gas for a serf to commute to their job, much less the vehicle.
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#26One wonders. If they did a search of the Seattle metropolitan area, how many candidates would they find that would have the chops to do, just as good, if not a better job than this one CEO? I understand why you cannot just pick a random person to be a CEO. But in theory, there are probably many people who have the leadership skills and industry insight to be really good CEOs of Starbucks, and probably for a much chea…
Don’t discount the opportunity cost. Starbucks might have lost many times more if they delayed the CEO change. The new guy saved Chipotle so he’s a very good bet.
Can you recommend a good writeup how he saved Chipotle?
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#27Re: Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1k miles from California to Seattle
#28this "supercommute" word has some positive vibes to it, how about "will shittycommute" or something like that instead
Re: Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1k miles from California to Seattle
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
This reminded me of Pascal Husting, a director of Greenpeace (!) who commuted from Luxembourg to Amsterdam by flying up and down several times a month. It completely soured my opinion of Greenpeace, and I've avoided donating ever since. I just looked up the aftermath, and it turns he stopped flying his commute in 2014, and switched to the train in response to the criticism. It's interesting that a poorly judged actio…
The guy's clueless, but to be fair to him, I just looked up the travel time between Luxembourg and Amsterdam by train and it's around 7.5 hours, so I can see why he wouldn't want to travel that way when a plane is much faster. Even traveling that distance by car is faster! (~4.5h) Honestly, that kind of travel time by train is just shameful. Meanwhile, just over the border, traveling between various mid-size German c…
I used to do the same train commute weekly for some time. Yes, it's terrible.
But from what I have heard there was a direct high-speed connection until a few years ago. Allegedly this was suppressed because they could not reach an agreement with the Belgian SNCB who demanded the high-speed train did some extra stops.
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#30Is the McDonald's of coffee. Why do people go there at all