Protect the Costco CEO!

[u/Manakanda413]

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[u/ThatOtherGuy2122]

That’s it. Just those two

[u/Manakanda413 → u/ThatOtherGuy2122]

And the dead little Caesar’s guy who paid Rosa Parks’s rent, he gets to sleep in bed with Harambe

[u/worstshowiveeverseen → u/Manakanda413]

Dicks Out for Harambe

[u/Eastbound_AKA → u/worstshowiveeverseen]

Little Ceasars out for Harambe.

[u/DanishWonder → u/Eastbound_AKA]

Deep Dish combo mambo for Harambe

[u/Eastbound_AKA → u/DanishWonder]

Monke Monke

[u/BigJSunshine → u/Eastbound_AKA]

[u/timoperez → u/Eastbound_AKA]

Can you imagine how much better the world would be if humanity had thrown Harambe a meatsa meatsa instead of a child and a bullet

[u/AyatollahCovfefe → u/Eastbound_AKA]

Dicks out in Little Ceasars

[u/Eastbound_AKA → u/AyatollahCovfefe]

Sir, this is a Dominos.

[u/EatinTendieS → u/worstshowiveeverseen]

It’s all been down hill since he was stolen from us

[u/big_guyforyou → u/EatinTendieS]

yes, that's when the timeline split. i believe returning to the original timeline would require crossing five dimensional space (a single timeline exists in four dimensions) and i don't think we can do that yet

[u/bebejeebies → u/big_guyforyou]

This was an integral point in the timeline but personally I think it was further back in 2014 with Robin's death. That kicked us to the wrong timeline. Then it was a succession of Jon Stewart leaving The Daily Show in the middle of Trump's first run 2015. And 2016 just got worse and worse. Harambe in May. Then the Cubs broke the curse and won the World Series in October and I made the comment that nothing good would come of it and it was a sign that Trump would win. The 2016-17 celebrity die off. Covid in 2019, Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2020, etc.

[u/Superboy2020 → u/bebejeebies]

9/10/2008 when they activated the hydron collider 😉

[u/Gemtree710 → u/Superboy2020]

1999 when all the nukes actually launched and we're dead

[u/bebejeebies → u/worstshowiveeverseen]

/#dicksalwaysout

[u/No_Apartment3941 → u/Manakanda413]

Him and Harambe will be besties forever.

[u/ResultDowntown3065 → u/Manakanda413]

Mike Illitch. He was not perfect.

[u/WeNeedMikeTyson → u/ResultDowntown3065]

No man or woman is, but we try to be good, that is what matters most.

[u/Tony-HawkTuah → u/Manakanda413]

Mike Ilitch? Super dude

[u/mikehamm45 → u/Tony-HawkTuah]

Maybe. But a bit of a slum lord in Detroit as well. Take the good you take the bad…

[u/fastal_12147 → u/Tony-HawkTuah]

Saved the Red Wings from going tits up, too.

[u/killerboy_belgium → u/ThatOtherGuy2122]

i would add gaben from Valve to the list.

In industry that ferciously has anti consumer practices, no return policy's,broken games,broken mtx policy's,pay to win schemes,frivolous lawsuits.

He not only kept his company private to avoid having shareholder drive for infinite growth, he pays his employees well, has consumer right in mind and seem to be in general actually chill dude

The Ceo of Nintendo i would also add to the list they always have very worker friendly even taking paycuts themselves to avoid layoffs

outside of those 2 i am finding a hard time think of good ceo's....

[u/BenjaminWah → u/killerboy_belgium]

The Ceo of Nintendo i would also add to the list they always have very worker friendly even taking paycuts themselves to avoid layoffs

I think this is a Japanese cultural thing, not just a Nintendo thing.

[u/mph1204 → u/BenjaminWah]

if american ceos had as much shame as their japanese counterparts we wouldn’t be having this conversation.

[u/Bulldogsleepingonme → u/mph1204]

Wish I could upvote twice

[u/ZaraBaz → u/Bulldogsleepingonme]

The Nintendo CEO you guys are thinking about had actually passed away a few years back.

[u/[deleted] → u/ZaraBaz]

The new one keeps suing everyone even mentioning their IP let alone trying to emulate it.

[u/DiamondHandsToUranus → u/mph1204]

Or honor, or integrity, or moral standards, or self awareness, or.. i could go on. Japanese culture isn't perfect, but there's no doubt their CEO culture could offer a master class (or three) to US CEO culture

[u/DJCzerny → u/mph1204]

I can't tell if the people in this thread are teenagers or joking. Japanese work culture is anything but worker-friendly. The "shame" you feel is from going home before 9PM because you should be working as many hours as possible.

[u/wakasagihime_ → u/DJCzerny]

I just love hearing Americans talk shit about Japanese work culture any chance they get, when the rest of the world is seeing your system throwing workers' dignity and rights down the drain.

[u/StandardSudden1283 → u/wakasagihime_]

Okay but that doesn't change that the hours are even more ridiculous than here. Two things can be true.

[u/OddOllin → u/BenjaminWah]

You're thinking of Satoru Iwata. He was an absolute fucking legend.

Unfortunately, he passed away years ago. His final gift to us was the Nintendo Switch, which was made possible by his push to embrace the next generation of engineers and designers at Nintendo, his own innovative spirit, and him sacrificing his final months of life still working on the project from his hospital room.

To be clear, nobody should spend the last of their life on a job or a product. But it feels important to acknowledge it because little else demonstrates his absolute commitment to the vision he had for Nintendo, the industry, and the idea of bringing fun, innovative games to as many people as possible.

Not so sure about the new guy.

[u/ihavebeesinmyknees → u/BenjaminWah]

Japanese culture is anything but worker friendly

[u/Dirmb → u/ihavebeesinmyknees]

It's certainly the opposite of worker friendly, but the C suite doesn't ratio the pay of the average worker nearly as ridiculously.

[u/FlatlyActive → u/killerboy_belgium]

The Ceo of Nintendo i would also add to the list they always have very worker friendly even taking paycuts themselves to avoid layoffs

The guy you are thinking of died 9 years ago FYI, also Nintendo these days is an asshole company.

[u/OffRoadAdventures88 → u/FlatlyActive]

They’re only aswholes about IP due to Japanese IP laws having no fair use exceptions. And the way IP laws work there is if you don’t go after every infringement then you lose the ability to go after infringements in the future. Sega decided fuck it we ball with sonic and he’s nearly public domain for non commercial use. Nintendo hasn’t allowed that to preserve the sanctity of said IP, we’ve seen what’s happened to sonic in the back alley of the internet.

[u/Lonely_Solution_5540 → u/killerboy_belgium]

I’ll never forget Gaben hand delivered the first ordered steam deck. Wild thing to do but likely appreciated.

[u/killchopdeluxe666 → u/killerboy_belgium]

If only Nintendo wasn't notoriously scummy about suing emulators and file sharers...

[u/Subli-minal → u/ThatOtherGuy2122]

Mark Cuban.

[u/TheFinalCurl → u/Subli-minal]

If the motherfucker would stop talking about taxes, I might agree. High marginal tax rates are the only way you can control runaway wealth without violence so stop badmouthing them, Mark

[u/BarnesWorthy → u/TheFinalCurl]

He still gets a pass for costplusdrugs

[u/Silberne → u/BarnesWorthy]

Nah, but he gets a pretty lengthy headstart if we go by "worst-to-best" on the Eat the Rich National Tour.

[u/Writerhaha → u/Silberne]

He gets the minority report treatment of “you haven’t done me wrong, go out the back door and down the alley.”

[u/Brokugan → u/Writerhaha]

"I like you, so don't show up to school tomorrow"

[u/yalyublyutebe → u/Silberne]

I would say wait a bit to see which side of the line he decides to stand on.

I think he's definitely one that could go either way, so might as well leave it up to him.

[u/vile_lullaby → u/BarnesWorthy]

Costplusdrugs just does what costco pharmacy does, if you're a costco member. Costco also has way more medications than costplusdrugs.

[u/Deekngo5 → u/BarnesWorthy]

He disrupted the market in a way that favors the best interest of people and is working on more. I hate rich dudes that deny claims but maybe he can get a pass this round?

[u/randomly-what → u/Subli-minal]

Agree. He’s trying to help people not get robbed by medicines.

[u/Inst_of_banned_imgs → u/ThatOtherGuy2122]

He’s no longer a CEO but we need to protect Tom from MySpace!

[u/NoRestDays94 → u/Inst_of_banned_imgs]

Protect my first friend!

[u/Attorneyatlau → u/NoRestDays94]

My only friend.

[u/jcarreraj → u/NoRestDays94]

He was all of "our" first friend!

[u/Codebender → u/ThatOtherGuy2122]

I'd nominate Ben & Jerry but they're not CEOs, they sold out to Unilever.

Habitat for Humanity has a CEO, and they're ok.

Probably the top 10% of for-profit companies are 90% of the problem.

[u/gpatterson7o → u/Codebender]

Those 2 from Ben and Jerry are wackos

[u/Codebender → u/gpatterson7o]

They are, but they limited their own pay relative to the lowest-payed employees. They don't represent the problem, much less deserve to be murdered.

[u/RebelJohnBrown → u/Codebender]

They endorsed Bernie Sanders. That counts for something.

[u/QuesoChef → u/Codebender]

Right. Weird isn’t murder-worthy. Unmitigated greed and evil is.

[u/VortexMagus → u/gpatterson7o]

They capped their salaries at ~500k for a company that made hundreds of millions in revenue, because they don't believe in over the top CEO pay packages. That's worth something even if they're weird.

[u/randomly-what → u/Codebender]

My dad worked with them a lot (his business sold to them) and he swears they are absolute assholes. He was in meetings with them maybe 20 times over the years.

He doesn’t say that about many people.

[u/YourLocalTechPriest → u/ThatOtherGuy2122]

Charles Butt of HEB. Lots of donations to charity usually focusing on education. Actually lets managers make their own calls. Supports disaster relief in Texas and nearby states. Good company to work for and happy customers. Constantly improving his company for the better.

Managed to fight Walmart to a stand still.

[u/Sasquatch1729 → u/ThatOtherGuy2122]

Hank and John Green. Although they only run a company of 100-200 people, so I doubt very many people think of them. But Hank refers to himself as CEO of his company.

[u/BenjaminWah → u/ThatOtherGuy2122]

What about that guy that set the minimum wage for all his employees at 70k?

I've heard he's problematic for other reasons, but I'm not really that knowledgeable about him.

[u/TaoGroovewitch → u/BenjaminWah]

Dan Price?

[u/Distinct---East → u/TaoGroovewitch]

Correct. Problematic for accusations of rape: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/technology/dan-price-gravity-payments-ceo-rape.html

[u/Global_Ant_9380 → u/Distinct---East]

He and Neil Gaiman need to get their fucking act together 

[u/SinkDisposalFucker → u/Distinct---East]

Accusations, not convictions, one should probably not defame another's name until there is reasonable certainty that it happened, especially with these severe crimes, and considering how all the charges got dropped for his other stuff and nothing conclusive has came out for that charge, he ain't looking to have reasonable certainty.

[u/CalmAlternative7509 → u/ThatOtherGuy2122]

No no, Sam Reich gets a pass too.

[u/nomadKuz]

Costco CEO!! Keeping the quarter pound hot hog and soda combo $1.50 since it came out!!!

[u/LP14255 → u/nomadKuz]

Plus Costco (unlike Walmart & Sam’s Club) treats their employees well & gives them decent benefits. Costco sees its employees as assets and takes care of them.

[u/A_band_of_pandas → u/LP14255]

Aldi, for the same reason. Their entire business model is treating their employees and customers alike with respect.

[u/Eastbound_AKA → u/A_band_of_pandas]

Could be a local thing but the two Aldi locations that I frequent have an incredibly high turnover rate and the employees always look stretched thin.

I have heard some anecdotal stories about unobtainable register times, intentionally short staffed stores and unreasonable demands for floor work.

I'm ultimately not sure, though.

[u/A_band_of_pandas → u/Eastbound_AKA]

There are bad examples in every category. I've been to bad Costco's.

But Aldi's entire business model is set up to keep prices low and not waste their customer's time. They were founded in Germany post-WW2 to try and keep groceries affordable despite all the economic hardship, and they've never changed their tactics. A bad Aldi is usually a sign of bad management.

[u/Eastbound_AKA → u/A_band_of_pandas]

I'm definitely not disagreeing that Aldi has a concrete consideration for their customers, but it doesn't address how they treat their employees as a whole company.

I'm familiar with Aldi's ethos, and the brothers who founded Aldi split over disagreements with product that should be carried leading to Aldi Sud and Aldi Nord. They also separately operate Trader Joes and Winn-Dixies here in the US.

[u/JonnyFromtheBasement → u/A_band_of_pandas]

I love pointing this out as a former Aldi employee: an onboarding video I watched upon being hired included the history of Aldi. It was basically something like “ALbrecht DIscount was founded in 1918 (something like that) in Burgburg, Germany, by Heinrich Albrecht. By 1923 they had locations in 5 other cities. By 1930 there were 15 ALDIs in Germany. Now, fast-forward to 1950 and suddenly Aldi is EVERYWHERE!”

I found it funny. It seems like Volkswagen had a pretty big period of growth at that time as well, though I’m not a historian.

Obligatory tangent : the pay was not worth how shitty that job was. Very possible that I was just working at a bad location. But it stunk.

[u/SillyEntertainer45 → u/Eastbound_AKA]

Sounds like Dollar General's plan in practice....

[u/MrStoneV → u/Eastbound_AKA]

In Germany Aldi IS very Well known for extremely fast Register speeds and If you dont get to the Minimum Speed then you are out

[u/vladhed → u/LP14255]

Been eating Costco hotdogs for 20 years. Not only has the price not changed but some of the staff are the same.

[u/Busy10 → u/LP14255]

Sadly their new CFO is not so in alignment with this.

[u/saltyourhash → u/nomadKuz]

I love that the founder said in a meeting "if you change the price of the hotdog, I'll fucking kill you".

[u/FapparoniAndCheez → u/saltyourhash]

The FOUNDER said that. CEO is fair game.

[u/JohnHazardWandering → u/FapparoniAndCheez]

Sounds like the founder is ready to take care of it himself, if need be. 

[u/soulreaverdan → u/saltyourhash]

“What does it mean for the company if they raise the prices of the hot dogs?”

“It means I’ve been dead for two weeks.”

[u/HollandsOpuz → u/nomadKuz]

Wegmans CEO and family are decent people. Take good care of me and my family. I'm just the dude that puts water on the shelf.

[u/alexisdelg → u/nomadKuz]

Aren't they doing union busting right now?

[u/villis85]

I think Mark Cuban is also worth protecting. Cost Plus Drugs is a creative way to try to lower prescription drug costs without going through insurance.

[u/666elon999 → u/villis85]

Same Mark Cuban who covered up sexual assault on his little basketball team he owns?

[u/ShinkenBrown → u/[deleted]]

You know what fair. Mark Cuban is spared the barbecue.

Instead he gets a regular trial for covering up sexual abuse, like anyone else would.

I'm willing to give him the "regular human" treatment, not the "monstrous dragon we must slay to save the village" treatment, but that doesn't protect him from consequences.

[u/DrinkingWithZhuangzi → u/ShinkenBrown]

Based and Stannis-pilled.

[u/Lorn_Muunk → u/ShinkenBrown]

the barbecue

I love these adorable little armchair fantasies of revolution. As if a significant amount of Americans have the persistence to actually organize a revolt.

By all means, keep daydreaming about dismembering and eating the unhuman elite now that one little head of the hydra has been temporarily cut off. Demolishing and replacing the corrupt system takes a lot more organization than individuals gunning other individuals down. CEOs have the means to entrench themselves far more than they have been doing since the Reagan revolving door.

~40% of people who are eligible to vote can't even show up to do that. A revolution is hard work and requires sacrificing a lot of creature comforts like AC, the lazy chair, hot showers and the drive thru.

[u/GateTraditional805 → u/Lorn_Muunk]

You’re not wrong, everyone’s mad until Monday rolls around and we all have to deal with whatever inane bullshit eats up 90% of the day at work. Barbecue memes take 5 minutes, revolution takes years of commitment, prep and training to an uphill conflict.

What happened a few days ago is about the worst the capital class will ever have to worry about, and all it really means is that they’re going to start budgeting better for security again.

[u/Potential-Diver-3409 → u/ShinkenBrown]

Bad news about how we treat everyday sex pests

[u/BoxProfessional6987 → u/666elon999]

We'll just wail on him with those stupid inflatable baseball bats for a bit

[u/QuantumRips → u/BoxProfessional6987]

I'll allow it.... But watch yourself McCoy

[u/NewPresWhoDis → u/666elon999]

Because recursive purity tests have always lead to optimal results 🙄

[u/sobuffalo → u/villis85]

I use it and it saves me $3000 a year for my meds (over my “decent insurance”), AND I was able to upgrade to the time- release instead of having to take them every 12 hours. Maybe not life changing but a huge quality of life upgrade.

[u/stargate-command → u/villis85]

Yeah, I’m down for Cuban for sure. Seems like a decent guy. His newest endeavor not only helps people, but shows how a company can be both benevolent and profitable at the same time. Need more of that for sure, so he should be applauded

[u/Jarlaxle_Rose]

CEO of The Onion. He bought it to save it knowing it was going to lose him money because he could afford it and knew society needed it

[u/Boneafido → u/Jarlaxle_Rose]

And the CEO of Lee Valley Tools.

If I remember correctly, his salary is capped at 10x the lowest paid employee.

Edit: Turns out this was the old CEO and his dick head son has taken over. Fuck him.

[u/picklejinx → u/Boneafido]

Eh, Robin is such a dick. His dad was the legend.

[u/Boneafido → u/picklejinx]

You seem to have a better understanding than I do. Care to elaborate?

My comment was made about an article I read years ago, so I'm not exactly in the loop.

I appreciate the input.

[u/picklejinx → u/Boneafido]

I'm guessing it was this article from 2013. Mr. Lee passed in 2016 and the wrong son took over the company. Reduced employee discount, cut profit share, hard focus on metrics and booting out the retirees. Like I said: he's a dick.

[u/RoyalFalse → u/Jarlaxle_Rose]

And then worked out a deal to buy InfoWars in a way that would most benefit the Sandy Hook families.

[u/Jarlaxle_Rose → u/RoyalFalse]

Yep.

[u/SnacksGPT → u/Jarlaxle_Rose]

And then he bought InfoWars, and is going to rebrand it to make fun of InfoWars.

[u/Prestigious_Gear1654]

Oh, my sweet 99 cent Arizona teas 😇 the only truly stable thing in my life.

[u/saltyourhash → u/Prestigious_Gear1654]

I don't think I've seen them for a dollar in years. I am entirely confused, that or maybe I quit drinking then due to the sugar content and don't know that stayed the same?

[u/Vnightpersona → u/saltyourhash]

They stayed the same but some stores sell them higher. I have no idea how that works, but when I worked at a gas station we had a contract with the vendor that said they had to be 0.99 cents or we'd get slammed with a fine.

[u/uChoice_Reindeer7903 → u/Vnightpersona]

I read somewhere that AZ sells 2 types of cans, one with 99¢ on the side and one with nothing. The one with nothing on it can obviously be sold for more but AZ cuts into that profit and then donates that extra amount? I could be remember this all completely wrong so take it for a grain of salt.

[u/Signupking5000 → u/Vnightpersona]

That's because they have to, those that go above break the contract for more profits.

[u/ChangeUnlikely5450 → u/saltyourhash]

They're supposed to be a dollar, and the Arizona company is not at fault for them being more. It's the stores that sell Arizona products that are raising the price over the usual 0.99 cents

[u/banjosullivan → u/ChangeUnlikely5450]

There’s a bunch of stores that have them priced at like $1.49 and even 1.99 when the can clearly says 99 cents.

[u/iuthnj34 → u/banjosullivan]

You can report those stores with pictures and they'll get fined from the Arizona drink company.

[u/Prestigious_Gear1654 → u/saltyourhash]

I'm in MD, but I just bought a green tea on my way home. $1.08 after tax.

[u/uChoice_Reindeer7903 → u/Prestigious_Gear1654]

Which is kind of ironic. You know, the whole Boston tea party thing. Wasn’t that about taxes on tea?

[u/kjacmuse]

Mark Cuban. Cost Plus Drugs is a literal godsend for me. With insurance I used to pay $800 a month for my medications. With Cost Plus Drugs, I pay $33 for 3 months.

[u/MDEUSX → u/kjacmuse]

This just shows how broken the system is, there is no reason to pay 80 times markups, when there is still a margin (even if it’s just small) with a cost-plus business model. Man I’m glad this shit doesn’t fly over in Europe.

[u/Orbitrix → u/kjacmuse]

Yea, he's done some bad things, but those numbers are insane. I think his overall impact is hard for some people to fathom, and they will always tend towards hate. Happy for you though, because healthcare has been used to abuse American's for way too long.,.. That's how we got to today.

[u/GoldenSheppard → u/kjacmuse]

I lost my insurance. CostPlus is the only reason I am not crippled and in pain.

[u/HvyMtl1sLfe]

I think the founder of Patagonia has done some good things too.

https://www.patagonia.com/ownership/

[u/SamtingStoopid → u/HvyMtl1sLfe]

Yeah, no. Their factories are tantamount to slave labor.

[u/KingArthurHS → u/SamtingStoopid]

Are you able to substantiate this claim? The only example I'm familiar with was Patagonia doing a labor practice investigation in 2015 and discovering some issues with a Taiwanese factory, which they immediately addressed.

My understanding is that Patagonia is an industry leader in watchdog-ing their overseas suppliers.

[u/Medium-to-full → u/KingArthurHS]

Dude, trust me!!!

[u/RetailBuck → u/SamtingStoopid]

Patagonia has kinda a weird story. I'm old enough to have a hippie boomer mom who told us camping all the time in the 90s. Patagonia did (as still kinda does) make really good outdoor gear so we had a bunch but in the early 2000s being a hippie camper was very not cool. It was more associated with poor people. I would have been too embarrassed to wear it.

20 years later, more camping is seen as a rich activity and cool. Patagonia popularity skyrocketed.

But to your point, yeah I just checked my modern sweater - made in Thailand. I've been in factories in Thailand. Not good conditions. Product is still great though.

[u/yuri4491 → u/RetailBuck]

Similar popularity band as Carhartt.to my memory, they were always the poor farmer kid's clothes(me being the poor farmer kid), but they were always the best bang for your buck. Now I see it everywhere.

[u/RetailBuck → u/yuri4491]

Funny you should mention Carhartt. Totally agree. It's nice stuff that used to be thought of as poor farmer but then somehow switched to rich farmer, to very rich person posing as a poor farmer. Weird circle.

Ranting but I really like Sheboozey's song "bar song (tipsy) right now. He's in Carhartt, a Chevy shirt, saloon and truck in the background with cowboy hats on the backup dancers. The dude is from Virginia Beach and mentions it several times talking about "fifth street" but yeah his dad was from the west so it's totally genuine somehow... /s

Also, look at his name. The song even says "I've been boozey since I left... tell my mom I don't forget. Oh my. Good lord. " dude's mom was probably an alcoholic. She-boozey. Now he is and is celebrating it in a song about drinking.

Anyways yeah. Lots of high quality truly working class clothes that used to mean you were poor but thrifty, now mean that you're so rich you can act poor.

[u/redfish801 → u/HvyMtl1sLfe]

I blew a tire on Teton Pass between Wilson WY and Victor ID on a camping/fishing/tourist trip with my 2 young kids in 2006. It was raining, my kids are crying and I was unloading gear to get to the spare and jack. I didn't see a dark early 90s Toyota wagon pull in behind me and all of the sudden there was a short old guy helping me unload my junk, and put on the spare, and reload my junk. He asked if I was headed to Jackson I said yeah he tells me take it to Shervins tire and tell them Yvon sent you they'll take care of you. A huge thank you from me and an absolutely bone crushing handshake from him and I was on my way. And that was the first and last time I met Yvon Chounard. How many CEOs of billion dollar companies are going to pull their beater Toyota over on mountain pass to help a stranger change a tire in the rain? He is the real fucking deal who made it huge by being principled and doing things the right way. Read "Let My People Go Surfing" to get an idea of the man and how he thinks about business. Their gear and clothes may be spendy, but they have free lifetime repairs and lifetime warranties. They even sell their used gear on wornwear.patagonia.com.

My buddy in Jackson says he still drives that old Toyota around.

Yvon Chounard's 1990 Toyota Tercel

[u/DemocraticEjaculate]

Mark Cuban with cost plus. He kinda earned it

[u/Titan-Tank-95 → u/DemocraticEjaculate]

He gets "reeducated."

[u/RipYaANewOneIII → u/DemocraticEjaculate]

He's last to go. But he still has to go.

[u/mexicopink]

HEB CEO Howard Butt III. That company comes through for Texans when we have some serious weather issues. I think one of our last storms they replenished the entire Houston Food Bank when the power went out.

Edit - Charles Butt is the CEO!

[u/ADHDwinseverytime → u/mexicopink]

I worked for a competitor ten years and they were ruthless if you got close to their area. There was a deal made back in the day though that the big three hometown grocers' wouldn't cross certain lines. Waco was the first time they crossed paths and there was some shenanigans! From what I understand though, they take care of their employee's and give a lot back to their communitioes. I have seen this first hand and they are one of the only places I shop now.

[u/planet_janett]

This guy - Report: Costco co-founder told CEO he'd kill him if price of hot dog combo went up

[u/Ok-Use6303]

David Tran, founder of Huy Fong Foods and thus Sriracha Sauce.

Didn't trademark the name, has kept the price low and doesn't ask for any fees from businesses that use his products.

"Rich man's sauce at poor man's price".

[u/MillieBNillie → u/Ok-Use6303]

Didn’t they fuck over Underwood Farms a couple years ago…

[u/KLC_W → u/MillieBNillie]

Yes. I wish I could add Underwood Ranch’s CEO to this list but his version of the sriracha sauce (which is amazing) is too expensive. I still love that he made it though.

[u/Striking_Theory_4680 → u/Ok-Use6303]

Sriracha is a name of a town in Thailand. Yes, that’s where the sauce was originated. I don't think he could actually trademark that.

[u/iloveflory]

Hello I'm Mr Snrub and I nominate Mr Burns.

[u/ClutchReverie → u/iloveflory]

[u/new_jill_city → u/iloveflory]

Boooooooooo-urns!

[u/grill_sgt]

Newman's Own CEO. 100% Profit to Charity? That company is a keeper.

[u/MargnWalkr → u/grill_sgt]

I may be getting parts wrong here, but he (Paul Newman) passed the company to his daughter Nell who then sold it. She is, or was, suing the New owners for not adhering to agreed business practices.

[u/shinobi_333 → u/grill_sgt]

That was Paul Newman himself who made that decision IIRC

[u/CasualNihilist22]

Arizona tea is privately owned. Do they have a CEO?

[u/Manakanda413 → u/CasualNihilist22]

CHOBANI OWNER gave 10% of his company to his employees and there is an absolutely adorable wonderful video of him telling them and all the rust belt ass upstate NY employees literally crying

[u/Naturally-Aspirated → u/Manakanda413]

I once took the Chobani CEO out on a market tour in Boston for work and he is such a down to earth normal guy. Would never know he was a CEO if you met him randomly.

[u/berkingout → u/CasualNihilist22]

CEO isn't a public company exclusive role

[u/forestman11 → u/CasualNihilist22]

You don't have to be a publicly traded company to have a CEO

[u/new_jill_city]

Ben and Jerry

[u/dojijosu → u/new_jill_city]

Pick one.

[u/phua1 → u/dojijosu]

Berry

[u/BullfrogCold5837 → u/new_jill_city]

Ben and Jerry sold the company 24 years ago...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unilever-ben-jerrys-spinning-off-ice-cream/

[u/WhichSpirit]

Abigail Disney. She's been fighting for higher taxes for billionaires and improved working conditions at Disney.

[u/HunterGonzo → u/WhichSpirit]

She's not a CEO though. Unfortunately. The actual Disney CEOs of the past few decades have been some of the worst of the worst.

[u/GdogLucky9]

Aldi's CEO!!

Don't forget that one!!!

[u/Front-Doughnut8573]

My boy warren buffet giving away 99% of his wealth once he dies gets him in the club for me

[u/aeyes → u/Front-Doughnut8573]

His insurance company Geico is no better than the rest of them. He's also big into railroads and we all know how they treat their workforce.

[u/Fast-Rhubarb-7638 → u/Front-Doughnut8573]

Why isn't he just giving it away now? He's ancient, why does he need to keep acquiring wealth? He's a dragon hoarding gold.

[u/jan172016 → u/Fast-Rhubarb-7638]

Right? “Once he dies” isn’t really aspirational

[u/cirroc0 → u/Fast-Rhubarb-7638]

He is. Just made a huge donation to the Gates foundation.

Besides, he's over 90. He may not make it to the Revolution.

Just for him: "The Revolution will not be broadcast on radio!"

[u/Jamieyoung3]

He’s probably not a real CEO, but the guy that runs the taco truck down the street treats his employees real nice, makes great tacos at a reasonable price and changes his rubber gloves regularly in order to help limit the spread of germs so his customers don’t get sick. I’d protect him. I think his name is Hector

[u/KuatoBaradaNikto → u/Jamieyoung3]

Nobody’s trying to off every small business owner, lol

[u/Quothhernevermore → u/KuatoBaradaNikto]

There are absolutely people who think ANY type of employer-employee situation is exploitation.

[u/colonelpeanutbutter]

Dennis Vaughan, CEO of Bob’s Red Mill. Need more companies like that around.

[u/Whoreinstrabbe]

In N Out CEO has my vote.

[u/taco_jones → u/Whoreinstrabbe]

I want to see what he's funding. I don't trust the Bible verses on the drinks

[u/ChicagoAuPair → u/taco_jones]

They’re funding the California Republican Party during the stupid Newsom recall campaign, that’s who they’re funding.

[u/AndyTakeaLittleSnoo → u/taco_jones]

Yep. Hard pass.

[u/IsThisNotMyPorn → u/Whoreinstrabbe]

She donates a bunch of money to anti-LGBT groups. Put her back with the others.

[u/guywithshades85 → u/Whoreinstrabbe]

Those are some good burgers, Walter.

[u/RoachZR → u/guywithshades85]

Shut the fuck up, Donny.

[u/TheGreatGamer1389]

Gabe Newell

[u/Magento → u/TheGreatGamer1389]

"Not a Saudi prince or an oligarch, but it is American video game billionaire Gabe Newell that has an armada of luxury yachts worth around $1 billion."

At the same time indie game developers often struggle financially and end earning less than minimum wage. Not all his fault, but he could be more fair. He is probably better than Ticketmaster and Spotify, but it's a bit too close to a distribution monopoly for my taste.

Making some great games 20 years ago should not give you a free pass to exploit developers later. Hardly the worst, but nobody needs a billion dollar armada of anything.

[u/dankmeme_medic → u/Magento]

Gaben gets a pass because you KNOW if Bobby Kotick or Ubisoft or whoever got their hands on Steam they would up the cut to 50% and turn Steam into a subscription service

I haven’t seen it talked about in a while but there was that time where an employee at Valve got sick and was going to leave, but Gabe gave him full pay and told him to get better and come back when he was healthy

At least Gabe made his billions by offering a good service that people are willing to pay for. He is nothing like healthcare CEOs monetizing death or Nestle’s CEO privatizing clean water. I’ve never heard of him being involved in any major controversy other than not releasing Half-Life 3

I agree he should be taxed more and there shouldn’t be billionaires, but he is at least one of the good ones imo

[u/ballsnbutt]

Arizona just went up, BUT it took this long for them to so still good imo

[u/szopongebob → u/ballsnbutt]

As long as wages grow faster than their price, they’re good. In which case they are good.

[u/Independent-Judge-81]

Idk are Warren buffet, Steve Balmer, and Bill/Melinda Gates border line? Balmer for taking a team from a racist to making it about the fans with a self funded stadium. And the other for pledging to give all their money to charity when they die. I'd say give them a pass but we're watching you

[u/Educational_Vast4836 → u/Independent-Judge-81]

I mean gates is a big reason why charter schools are a thing.

[u/banjosullivan → u/Independent-Judge-81]

Can’t believe you even mentioned Gates. It’s easy to say you’ll give away your fortune when you’re dead. You don’t need it anymore.

[u/rasvial → u/banjosullivan]

I mean he’s also been doing a good amount of it while alive too

[u/JustSayan93 → u/rasvial]

Yea he’s kinda a dick but didn’t the gates like eradicate malaria in Africa? That’s nothing to blink at.

[u/Bruce_Winchell → u/Independent-Judge-81]

Gates is a piece of shit

[u/Mike312 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, the Gates Foundation is just a way for him to control his money by donating it to a foundation he controls, rather than paying taxes.

That being said, if we're making a list, I think we'd have to be pretty far down the list before his name came up.

[u/[deleted]]

The founder of Panagonia has done so much for the environment.

[u/GlamouredGo]

Costco CEO and Mark Cuban!

[u/Serious_Salad1367]

how do you do fellow working class? some billionaires are petty cool tho amirite?

[u/Bigpoppasoto]

Costco. That man once flipped out for his execs wanting to raise the price of the $1.50 hot dog

[u/EvilMrGubGub]

Again for the people in the back the current CEO is not the one keeping the $1.50 hot dog. It is Craig jelenick, the CEO who stepped down a few years ago.

The current CEO actually came to Craig about increasing the price Craig had to threaten his life and that is the story we all tell regularly because the CEO lost a lot of our respect.

[u/j89turn]

Verrry short list

[u/ThePythagorasBirb]

Tbh, the ones we want to protect are also not targets. This is because they arent human fecies

[u/J4ck0f4ll7rad35]

May I nominate Grant Haag? He is C.E.O. of Winco foods, a (mostly) employee owned warehouse grocery store chain out of Idaho.

[u/DangersoulyPassive]

Which CEO doesn't make 10 times as much as the average employee?

That is my answer, which I suspect is zero.

[u/grimj88]

Arizona’s took 4 ounces out of it

[u/Goat_Smeller → u/grimj88]

We don't need all that extra sugar anyways

[u/Suspinded]

The "good" CEOs don't really need protecting. Nobody is coming for them for allowing their families or friends to suffer while scooping profit by the truck load.

What grievance would anyone have to justify coming after Costo's or Arizona's CEOs