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by j_baker 4023 days ago
Are you seriously suggesting that the uncivil boss is the real victim?
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yummyfajitas 4022 days ago
No, I'm suggesting shareholders are the real victim. They are the ones paying agents to maximize their wealth while those agents pursue their own agendas instead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal%E2%80%93agent_proble...

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Sideloader 4022 days ago
>They are the ones paying agents to maximize their wealth while those agents pursue their own agendas instead.

I am a secret agent not just any agent...and I pursue my own agenda instead. lol

Dude, life is not an economics textbook. Have you actually worked in the real world with real people?

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s73v3r 4023 days ago
It's the only way people like that can justify their own sociopathic behavior.
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