Dude is crazy. Isn’t he a grifting, fake guru?
Tbh, if you’re working that high up the chain that O’Leary calls you personally, you probably are a very wealthy workaholic anyways.
It’s so gross how the .01% love being villains to hardworking folk.
Nobody should give a shit what another reality TV show host business marketing shill grifter has to say about labor regulations. He’s the last person I would care about an opinion from on the topic. Not seeing a link, did the article also include a response from labor leaders?
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dreams-crap-kevin-oleary-slams-110400900.html
Unsurprisingly, the article is more nuanced than the title.
For example, he states he has fired people in the past for not answering an after hours emergency, while the title seems to me to say he would fire people despite the new law.
The article does include a response and background from labor leaders in Australia, as that is the most recent country to enact this law.
But I entirely agree about his character, and he’s the worst person on that shark tank show too. I dont know ive ever agreed with a quote of his in an article.
This old asshole doesn’t talk to his workers.
If it’s a new regulation to not answer phones off the clock, isn’t firing the employee for it illegal?
Yes. But you can best believe they will find something else to fire you for. If you have nothing, then it’s an easy case win for you.
Idk who Kevin O’Leary is but I’m pretty sure he’s not my supervisor.
He needs a baseball bat to the knee and a diarrhea to the face. It will improve what comes out of his mouth.
Do it, they’ll approve my unemployment.
I’m sorry but I don’t think its that crazy to want your employees to communicate with you outside of working hours.
Oh friend, that’s because you’re a moron. A lot of managers are, you’re a perfect example of that right now 😮💨
If you expect them to be available outside of working hours, the hours they’re available should be paid, and therefore are working hours.
There is no communication necessary for work that cannot take place during working hours. What you’re actually arguing for is free labor.
No, sometimes you just need to tell an employee something, and then have them verify they understand the information. In my opinion that does not qualify as work.
If it is a must need info you should have told it during regular work hours.
that could have been an email. which could get dealt with on monday.
Is the something you need to tell them related to work?
And is the verification you reference something you expect them to provide as an employee?
I should hope you are able to make the connection without having your hand held further.
on the off chance they’re…not…
spoiler
That’s work. and all work must legally be compensated for.
If your boss can’t figure that shit out during working hours they need to get their shit straight.
I’m not going to be on call for zero compensation because you’re scatterbrained, inept or understaffed
Because everything important happens during every employees working hours, and it is inconceivable that a plan could change for any reason while you aren’t clocked in.
If you want work to get done you have to be coordinated. Just text back, its not that fucking hard.
I would agree that your boss shouldn’t expect you to answer at all hours of the day or even remotely quickly, but if you literally never answer anything then I have very little sympathy for you when you get fired.
There shouldn’t be anything that requires the employee not be informed the next working day. If it’s such an emergency you can’t wait then you should call your doctor not your employee.
What a fucking baby, when did we start letting children lead?
Nah, its now we’re putting some restraints on these children who have been free to do what ever and now they’re having an entitled little tantrum about it, because god fobid the peasants get to relax.
When hasn’t it been this way?
Up next on the news: abusive boss wonders why he can’t retain staff. Should the board step in? Shareholders say yes
Boss announces he will break the law.
Why can’t these regulations be actual crimes, with criminal consequences for the perpetrator. And if he’s ordering someone else to do the firing, it’s “conspiracy to commit regulatory fraud”.
It’ll keep getting worse until heads suddenly start rolling.
He’ll fire workers… what workers exactly? As far as I can tell, he hasn’t actually run a business in 25 years. He got rich when Mattel bought his company in 1999, but then they fired him. He invested in a storage facility company, was on the board of directors but never actually had any employees reporting to him, and then he sold that investment, making him more money.
Since then, he’s had a number of vanity projects name after himself: O’Leary Funds, O’Leary Ventures, O’Leary Books, O’Leary Fine Wines, I don’t know if any of them are still in business, but if they are, I can’t imagine he has more than a handful of employees.
Now he’s just a reality TV personality, so of course he’s going to say bullshit that gets him in the spotlight.
Why would anybody take advice from a reality TV personality who hasn’t managed any employees in a quarter of a century? Especially given that he’s probably just saying bullshit to get his name in the spotlight again.
This is guy’s grift is playing daddy capitalist while real owners do actual capitalism.
A useful whore for the regime.
So, real life capitalism.
People born on Third Base who think they hit a triple making demands.
Shut up and sit down you big bald fuck
Aviiiiiiii
Ontario has beaches.
