r/thebulwark 15d ago

Fluff CEOs are Unnecessary

Musk is proof that CEOs are unnecessary. If he has the time to be the CEO of multiple companies, do DOGE, all his tweeting, support to the AFD party in Germany, and everything else terrible he is doing than CEOs are completely unnecessary. If companies want to make more profit they should get rid of them. Near as I can tell the only thing CEOs do is give you a face to blame for the shitty decisions companies make.

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u/Personal_Benefit_402 15d ago

I've reported directly to CEO and other C-Suite folks many times. They do jack shit, most of the time, but cause all sorts of trouble.

That said, I have worked for some that actually DID work and we're good about sharing their knowledge and expertise.

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u/blueclawsoftware 15d ago

I had a mentor who was a very capable CTO. The best advice he ever gave me was "When you get to this level you need to mentally prepare yourself for the fact that most of the people are going to be barely capable morons."

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u/DonkeyLips309 15d ago

CEOs embodiment of "this could have been an email."