[alistairSH]

Does making separate statements suddenly make it moral or humane? How long between the statements should the CEO wait?

I agree, we've built an extremely inhumane economy in the US. And it feels like it's gotten worse since I entered the workforce in 1999. But calling out CEOs isn't going to change it - the only thing that will help is the force of law - higher taxes on executives and profits and stronger worker protections might make a dent.

[coldpie]

> But calling out CEOs isn't going to change it - the only thing that will help is the force of law - higher taxes on executives and profits and stronger worker protections might make a dent.

The CEOs are the ones who are preventing those policies from being put in place.

[roxolotl]

Sure but you know what doesn’t help, defending CEOs. Calling out CEOs expands the number of people who realize this is immoral and who find statements like this repulsive. The more people that find this announcement repulsive the more likely we’ll get actual political change.

As for the CEO the only moral response is to quit and force someone else to write this statement.

[alistairSH]

I'm convinced most/all C-suite (at least at big enough companies) are sociopaths. It's the only explanation I have for how they do the things they do and sleep at night.

I've had to lay off a few people over the years. It's by far the worst part of my job. I loose sleep for weeks, can't eat, etc whenever it happens. If I was a normal part of my job, I'd have to quit because it's unhealthy.

[roxolotl]

Myself as well it’s absolutely brutal. Sometimes it is the case that people must be let go for a company to continue existing. In those situations it’s awful but even someone as hostile to layoffs as I am understands that sometimes there is no other choice. Normal people can preside over those in a well meaning way.

These reason this statement and many like it are so heinous is because they do not even pretend to say they had no other choice in order for the company to survive.