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minus-squarefubarx@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up85·2 days agoPrediction: first big company to offer 32-hour work week at no loss of pay, with choice of remote or hybrid, will hoover up all the Grade-A talent.
minus-squaregazby@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 day agoThey’ll never justify it to the shareholders. This is just unrealized value.
minus-squareChrister Enfors@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 hours agoSo a private company without shareholders will be the first, then.
minus-squaregazby@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 hours agoA company being private doesn’t mean there’s no shareholders, it just means the shares aren’t publicly traded.
minus-squareChrister Enfors@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 hours agoCorrect. But being a private company without shareholders, as I said, means that there are no shareholders. :-)
minus-squaregazby@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 hours agoThat just makes the owner the sole shareholder 🤷♂️ They might be among the hardest to convince.
Prediction: first big company to offer 32-hour work week at no loss of pay, with choice of remote or hybrid, will hoover up all the Grade-A talent.
They’ll never justify it to the shareholders. This is just unrealized value.
So a private company without shareholders will be the first, then.
A company being private doesn’t mean there’s no shareholders, it just means the shares aren’t publicly traded.
Correct. But being a private company without shareholders, as I said, means that there are no shareholders. :-)
That just makes the owner the sole shareholder 🤷♂️ They might be among the hardest to convince.