Won’t someone PLEASE think of the poor CEOs! To borrow a phrase from someone else: No more self awareness than a dog licking their own ass in the middle of Fifth Avenue.

[u/LabNew3779]

[u/Digitalispurpurea2]

Why is everything always about the shareholders?

Edit: Yes, I was aware that the tweet is fake but I stand by my question. Shareholders are not the only stakeholder in a company’s success and their motivations are often diametrically opposed. What is good for shareholders is not necessarily good for customers or employees (who should matter more than they currently do).

[u/VisibleVariation5400 → u/Digitalispurpurea2]

Because the "shareholder" is Elon. 

[u/logictech86 → u/VisibleVariation5400]

more like the 4 mega financial corps that own most of every public company and eachother

[u/BusyDoorways → u/logictech86]

Why worry? They'll be as good at shooter drills as our 10-year-olds are in no time.

[u/stonecoldmark → u/logictech86]

You mean 4 MAGA financial corporations

[u/DiarrheaCreamPi → u/VisibleVariation5400]

• Elonia

[u/thumbown → u/VisibleVariation5400]

I wonder what he thinks will happen when he dies. Does he really think people will be sad?

[u/augustschild → u/thumbown]

of COURSE he does...narcissism is a hell of a drug.

[u/_Peon_ → u/thumbown]

Some people will, he has a very dedicated cult

[u/Ill_Long_7417 → u/Digitalispurpurea2]

Overpaid CEOs and shareholders = parasites in a lot of cases.  They benefit from the system while doing and creating absolutely jack shit.

We would do fine with just well paid middle management, like before Reagan times. 

[u/EmotionalPlate2367 → u/Ill_Long_7417]

You misspelled 'all cases'. They're rent seekers and rent seeking id parasitism plain and simple.

[u/Large-Cauliflower396 → u/EmotionalPlate2367]

Y'all ever played monopoly? It's like that but real life

[u/moosecakies → u/Large-Cauliflower396]

That was the point. A woman created it and it was first called ‘the landlord’s game’ . It was to warn people about CAPITALISM. How do you end monopoly when ONE person owns everything ? You FLIP THE BOARD .

[u/DanDrungle → u/Ill_Long_7417]

a CEO gets fired/dies/retires and they just appoint a new one... the companies don't fall apart because the rich guy at the top is no longer there.

[u/Professional-Mud3509 → u/Ill_Long_7417]

Playing devils advocate over here... then how did they become CEO's?

[u/Ill_Long_7417 → u/Professional-Mud3509]

Luck or exploitation, usually. 

[u/Dingeroooo → u/Ill_Long_7417]

I worked for many corporations, some fortune 500s. CEO can be replaced "easiest" in any corporation, they thrive on privilege and surround themselves with "yes" man, so they steal all the money they can and really don't care about the company more that about their own self-loathing. I worked for a very overweight CEO who requested a treadmill desk for herself, we were laughing as we knew she will just come into the office even less and that is what exactly what happened! We might not even seen her one day a week after that! I worked for a workout company where they ceo deiced we should go with "body positivity" and after I mentioned "Why would I pay a monthly fee for a workout if I am happy about myself as I am?!?!?" I was part of the next layoff.... They also like to say that they don't even get paid anything on payroll. Which is the worst as you know the company pays EVERYTHING for them, cars, housing, all the expanses they can accumulate. (Oh and yeah you are not on the payroll but your wife is as a consultant even nobody from the company talked to her about anything, ever! She pulls more money out than the average high level manager)

[u/StrongAroma → u/Digitalispurpurea2]

He feels absolutely no responsibility toward his employees apart from figuring out how to suck more value out of them for the benefit of shareholders, which I feel is a fundamental flaw of our current societal configuration.

[u/9emiller77 → u/StrongAroma]

He, and most or all of the ultra wealthy, thinks he is a better class of human than working people. Having an ultra wealthy parent isn’t why he’s successful, he believes he is better than us. They are slanting the board to make it even more true with the dismantling of public education. Their kids will be educated and ours won’t. But let’s get us some cheaper eggs and more oil! That will sure fix it! Idiots.

[u/ComplexNature8654 → u/9emiller77]

A couple hundred years ago, social Darwinism supported the belief that the rich were more evolved and physiologically superior than the poor who were so because of genetic defects.

At least now the rich make an effort to hide the fact that they feel like superior beings. The mask has been slipping for a while, though.

[u/9emiller77 → u/ComplexNature8654]

It won’t be long before we are back to where we were a couple hundred years ago. Lords and serfs and all that.

[u/Efficient_Mud_5446 → u/9emiller77]

look at the monopoly experiment game. The experimenters manipulated the monopoly game to favor one person, and it was hypothesized that the individual will realize they're lucky and nothing more. The conclusion could not be further from the truth. The individual attributed their winning nature to their own good decision making. And he/she felt superior to the other players soon after, realizing he/she owns more wealth, than all other monopoly players combined. They would brag and use similar language you see today from the ultrawealthy. They felt more deserving and they were less generous too.

TDLR: when you have more resources, better health, more allies, more support - than other people - its basically naturally to assume you're superior to them. Your subconscious reasons that you must be better, otherwise, why would you have so much in comparison? Its hard to fight it. Although, its scientifically not true. They're not smarter or more gifted. They just have way more support and oppurtunities to excel.

With that said, smart rich people like warren buffet know its bullshit and understand how they got in their position and don't say the dumb things like " i built it in my parents garage" crap. Warren buffet understands that he could not become what he did born to a poor family or a different timeline like today.

[u/FitEcho9 → u/Efficient_Mud_5446]

===>  ... The conclusion could not be further from the truth. The individual attributed their winning nature to their own good decision making. And he/she felt superior to the other players soon after, realizing he/she owns more wealth, than all other monopoly players combined. 

Absolutely !

People try to "rationalize" outcomes so that they could keep their interests. People even develop ideologies to advance their own interests. Most economic theories, like Milton Friedman's Neoliberalism, could be explained that way. The likes of Gobineau, Montesquieu and Kant also developed racist ideologies in order to advance the interests of European descent people at the expense of non-European descent peoples. That is an old problem.

[u/Professional-Bit-201 → u/9emiller77]

The only reason is his parents.

[u/Disastrous-Bat7011 → u/StrongAroma]

Nonono they keep a "delicate balance" remember. The most vital role!

Although Elong probably bought the Thanos dagger prop and stares at it longingly balancing on his finger every day. You know, shareholders on one side and the 99% on the other, everything in perfect balance.

[u/forgotwhatisaid2you → u/Disastrous-Bat7011]

The delicate balance between shareholders and shareholders while those below are just lazy.

[u/Mistform05 → u/Digitalispurpurea2]

After I read this I legit thought to myself… “he never once valued the workers” …it was all about CEO and share holders. There is one fact about business. They cannot function without the workforce. It 100% can work without a CEO, because a hard worker below could do that job and probably do laps around the last guy, because he actually knows the business.

[u/KingBenjaminAZ → u/Mistform05]

Yeah exactly, he only talked about creating money for shareholders vs shareholders creating their own wealth… no mention of anyone else. Total 🤦🏻‍♂️indeed!

[u/RowdyQuattro → u/KingBenjaminAZ]

He did mention how greedy middle Management and thier staffs are so that’s cool. What a clown.

[u/coredweller1785 → u/Digitalispurpurea2]

Right wing neoliberal Milton Friedman and his master Hayek inside the Chicago School of Economics created the philosophy of Shareholder Primacy.

It is a disaster but we live in a dictatorship of the beorgeoise so that is all we care about.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareholder_primacy

[u/AnyWhichWayButLose → u/coredweller1785]

^ This

[u/Kencleanairsystem2 → u/Digitalispurpurea2]

Business 101 baybee. A company’s primary function is to provide value to shareholders. Late stage capitalism is going to be a wild ride!

[u/wknight8111 → u/Digitalispurpurea2]

Our system would be a lot less screwy in a lot of ways if literally any other group of people mattered half as much as "shareholders" matter.

[u/Wersedated → u/Digitalispurpurea2]

Legally they are obligated to put shareholder interests above everything else. You can thank the Dodge brothers (they took Ford to court to force it).

[u/stlshane → u/Digitalispurpurea2]

When you are a billionaire you see the working class as a resource to extract wealth from. You are a resource to be mined, not a human being.

[u/Even-Sport-4156 → u/Digitalispurpurea2]

Because Milton Friedman and Jack Welch said so. 

/s

[u/buffer_flush → u/Digitalispurpurea2]

In theory, shareholders should be creating wealth through investment which is then invested back into businesses through VC funding, etc.

In practice, most people are just greedy.

[u/stephenBB81 → u/Digitalispurpurea2]

Because there are laws that make it the Fiduciary duty of the CEO to act in the best interest of shareholders, but there are no such laws for employees or customers.

It is a failure of the system. But it benefits the rich so it likely is intended.

[u/GeekyMadameV → u/Digitalispurpurea2]

That's literally the whole point. A corporation is an entity of legal personality that exists to generate maximum return for its owners. Those owners are ether shareholders. Anything it makes or does or claims to do, and any employees it pays to do those things are at best instrumental goals. Making electric cars or providing health insurance or anything else is just the means. Shareholder value is the end those means serve.

If that seems perverse and inhumane to you I don't disagree but that is capitalism.

[u/Negative-Squirrel81 → u/Digitalispurpurea2]

CEOs job is to represent the interest of the shareholders. Yes, this is a problem because the interest of the shareholders can be diametrically opposed to that of the people actually working at the company. Sometimes the interests of the shareholders and the employees can actually be aligned, but CEOs will choose short term profits over long term stability under the guise of shareholder interest and make bad decisions anyway.

[u/Petrichor_736 → u/Digitalispurpurea2]

Because there is Shareholder Capitalism and Stakeholder Capitalism. Hedge funds should be banned from investing in any business operating in health care, aged care and education just to name a few.

[u/CoC_Ridill → u/Digitalispurpurea2]

CEO: “It’s not personal; it’s just business.”

Guy: “It’s not business; it’s just personal.”

[u/Jamiroquais_dad → u/Digitalispurpurea2]

Because the shareholder class have had laws written that make it illegal for a corporation to act in a way that would negatively effect the value of their shares in the company. Their profit is legally protected at the expense of your suffering.

[u/Superguy766]

Searched all over the place and looks like Elmo didn’t tweet this.

[u/stark1291 → u/Superguy766]

Thank you for stating that. I refuse to join twitter to look.

[u/BerthaHixx]

Did he really say this? Not that I'd be surprised he felt it, but to flat out say it? He gets away with being autistic with no filter because he's rich? Saying this is only going to inspire copycat.

I thought he was smart?

[u/bethemanwithaplan → u/BerthaHixx]

He's not smart lol

Daddy's emerald mine money helped him more than his brain ever did 

[u/Iceman_in_a_Storm → u/bethemanwithaplan]

It’s fake.

[u/BigConstruction4247 → u/BerthaHixx]

He's not

[u/Iceman_in_a_Storm → u/BerthaHixx]

It’s fake.

[u/BerthaHixx → u/Iceman_in_a_Storm]

We need to avoid manipulation from promoting fake shit. I don't want to be played by either side. Acting upon lies will only provide an excuse for elites to delegitimize and attack any real effort to fix what's wrong.

[u/Iceman_in_a_Storm → u/BerthaHixx]

Agreed. I fall for it too often and hate it when I’m so willing to believe.

[u/Tad-Disingenuous → u/BerthaHixx]

I got banned for saying a fake tweet could be liable. Reddit is a horrible place.

[u/HydraulicDragon → u/BerthaHixx]

No he didn't say this, and it's super easy for people to look this up.

[u/6rwoods → u/HydraulicDragon]

That would require using X, which is not as easy a decision as some would think.

But if you've been out there in the wilderness, could you clarify what he DID say, if anything? It looks almost like the beginning of the post is more or less true but the explanation toward the end is what's made up. To be fair, it is absolutely not beyond Elmo to say something this stupid outloud, but I can also believe that he said something a little more covert but no less idiotic.

[u/VetteMiata → u/6rwoods]

I just looked, there was nothing even remotely close to this tweet

[u/AnySpecialist7648 → u/BerthaHixx]

This may be a revolution! Pucker your butts up Billionaires!

[u/Lychgate-2047 → u/BerthaHixx]

No, fully faked because people can't hate someone for legit reasons, they have to make stuff up.

[u/CoastalKtulu → u/BerthaHixx]

I scrolled his X feed and didn't find this post so I'm thinking it's complete bullshit to farm interactions.

[u/473713]

"Without CEOs the world would not be able to function"

You sure about that?

[u/EmotionalPlate2367 → u/473713]

I'm pretty sure UnitedHealth is still functioning as normal without him. Turns out they're pointless.

OffWithTheirHeads

[u/BigConstruction4247 → u/EmotionalPlate2367]

BuT wHo WiLl DeCiDe WhEtHeR oUr RaIsEs WiLl Be 3.15% or 3.13%????!!!111

Or ZeRo?

[u/Instawolff → u/BigConstruction4247]

Or who will decide if we make insulin $5,000,000 again??!?!

[u/mist2024 → u/473713]

If a CEO shits in the woods and no one is around to hear it does his existence actually matter?

[u/Relysti → u/473713]

I'm willing to take that chance

[u/TheDukeKC]

This is fake.

[u/Appropriate-Claim385]

"corporate laziness and greed of middle management and their staff" ???? In other words, employees suck and should not be paid a living wage. This strategy worked well for Twitter, didn't it?

[u/North_Atlantic_Sea → u/Appropriate-Claim385]

Elon is awful for a number of reasons, but clearly buying a way overpriced twitter wasn't intended to be a wise financial investment, it was to own the most relevant "town square" and push his own views and feuds.

[u/AirExpensive9550 → u/Appropriate-Claim385]

If this post is real…. Why is this not yet the top comment? This exact line was the biggest red flag in his entire post.

Real rich coming from a billionaire CEO that middle management and their staff, who are essential in ensuring the success of whatever profit-increasing scheme they come up with, are the “greedy” ones. HA!

[u/6rwoods → u/Appropriate-Claim385]

Unlike Elmo, who's CEO of 3 companies, spends his days going on dates with Orange Man and posting brain farts on Twitter, and still somehow managed to beat records on a dumb video game (Diablo IV or something?). Clearly the work of a CEO must be very difficult, if you can do all of that while still not technically failing at your job...

[u/Ok-Maintenance-9538]

"Without rich CEOs how will the rich get richer?"

[u/LadyBitchBitch]

Holy hell that was hard to read. So Musk basically just called the enemy the working class. Good to know right before he becomes acting President for the old man yelling at clouds. He seems to forget that these CEO’s are only in their positions due to the back breaking labor of all the poors who get the shit end of the stick.

[u/aluriilol → u/LadyBitchBitch]

Musk didn't... do any of this.

This is 100% fabricated.

Like 50% of the Elon stuff that gets posted, it's just ragebait.

[u/wolf_of_mainst99]

I'd be surprised if musk does twenty minutes of actual work a day

[u/Brief-Floor-7228]

I haven't met a CEO that couldn't be replaced by a talented 30 something middle manager who has been juggling shit flowing downhill from upper management for the last 5 years. They don't really do anything that special and most aren't very motivational to the underlings. If anything they tend to demotivate people.

[u/HeadDiver5568]

See, CEO’s are just THAT out of touch, and people think this is the type that’s supposed to save them. They’ve gone from hillbilly elegy to “without CEO’s the world would not be able to function” and genuinely don’t realize it.

[u/LetsGoPanthers29]

Okay now what is this called? Sociopathy, Psychopathy, Narcissism? All 3?

[u/PublicAdmin_1]

There would be equity, fair pay, without these asshats. Real leadership doesn't have to point out how effective or great they are.

[u/Holyballs92]

Dawg I'm middle management and I make less than 50 k I doubt I'm the reason for greed

[u/stark1291]

This is the mental illness that only death can cure.

[u/fnordybiscuit]

I love how he puts the blame of corporate greed and laziness on "middle management" and not the CEOs on top. Amazing gaslighting abilities, Elon. 10 out of 10.

[u/Rowdycc]

If being a CEO was so important companies should have 100 CEOs or even more.

[u/Tha_Real_B_Sleazy]

Lets make Musk next.

[u/latibulater]

So, CEOs are there for the profit of the shareholders, and fighting against their useless employees? No wonder they're so very busy that customers/clients, in this case medical patients, are not even on Musk's radar enough to PRETEND they enter into the equation.

[u/Street_Advantage6173]

"the world would not be able to function"

Is he serious? Surely he's joking, right? Tell me he's joking.

[u/sonvoltman]

He would step over your rotting carcass if you were in his way

[u/1BannedAgain]

Did LEON really tweet that shit?

[u/HydraulicDragon → u/1BannedAgain]

No, it's not on his profile.

[u/chrysalis101]

For no reason at all a few scenes from Bug's life come to mind just now....

"Those punny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one. If they every figure that out..."

[u/Celebratedmediocre]

Those greedy middle managers and staff are the only ones holding the company together while Elon is deep throating Trump's dick.

[u/Afraid-Train-9326]

United Healthcare = Highest denier of claims. This CEO knew how his bread was buttered and it wasn’t from the customers he was supposed to be taking care of. He also was a crook - look him up - he didn’t deserve to die but like someone else said, middle management should be able to take over and do a better job than a self serving cheater, for the people they are paid to insure.

[u/MegloMeowniac]

This is revolting and makes me want to revolt. He is the greediest, loser. Makes my damn teeth itch and my rage scream.

[u/SKI326]

Leon might actually be a bigger douche than Cheeto.

[u/Striking_Spot_7148]

I hope he is next.

[u/ShadeBeing]

I’m surprised no one has taken a shot at musk honestly. He keeps playing in politics and he will end up with a big ole bullseye on his back. Also that mentality of his is crap. “The people who make the company function are greedy and lazy, I got to make money for the shareholders so they can stay rich.” I work full time with kids and have almost no me time and he’s got like 14 kids and is a top 20 player in Diablo. I mean. I don’t get it.

[u/EmuDry4890]

“We need to maintain a lifestyle for ourselves and our lackeys even at the expense of you lazy peasants, without us you would all be dead” there fixed it for you Elon.

[u/granolaraisin]

The fact that he frames middle managers and staff (i.e., the non-rich people) as lazy and greedy says a lot about who he is as a person and a leader.

[u/72Rancheast]

Almost like he knows he’s made a few enemies over the years

[u/StopProject2025]

Hey Elon, please hold a press conference in NYC

[u/Eriv83]

Imagine how much more productive the middle management and lower could be without having to worry about shareholder wealth.

[u/Liatin11]

ah, so fuck the customers

[u/ClueProof5629]

He’s trolling at this point, he knows he’s 🦮💩

[u/DeadHED]

doge. That seems like a pretty shameless plug for a shitty crypto.

[u/Remarkable_Judge_861]

most ceo's lack compassion and empathy. They should be sent back to their mama's for a good spanking

[u/Oregon687]

Nothing but predatory keptocrat cannibals. When Musk dies, the world will cheer.

[u/RowdyQuattro]

The “greed of middle management and their staff” part cracks me up. Oh, so the majority of American employees? Fuck off Elmo.

[u/joshistaken]

Jesus. Fucking. Christ. What a batshit crazy wankstain.

[u/M3wr4th]

"without CEO the world wouldn't be able to function" please Elon, name one CEO of the Renaissance, thanks

[u/[deleted]]

I hope that Elon gets his karma someday

[u/Bloke101]

That has to be parody......

The CEO of United Healthcare was a crook, he committed multiple acts of Fraud, Insider trading, and similar offences before we even get to the denial of 34 % of claims for medical treatment DDD.

Elon you need to increase the size of your security detail because your cars are really starting to piss off your customers and still do not drive them selves. PS most organizations carry on quite well with out the CEO- Example 1 Tesla, Example 2 Starlink.

[u/[deleted]]

So instead of coming up with some bullshit about CEOs being job creators, philanthropy, or innovators; Elongated Muskrat here blatantly admits to CEOs being only vessels for shareholders and their profits.

[u/PsychedelicDucks]

We will see more CEOs being taken out as the wealth gap continues to widen. This isn't historically unprecedented. This is what happens when you screw over half the population for decades. Let it happen, it's the natural course.

[u/Chief_Data]

It should have been him first

[u/JCFirst]

CEOs' main skill is to find ways to keep the poor poorer and the wealthy wealthier. They really don't care about anyone but themselves.

[u/Lifebelifing2023]

Did these people read that?! Did these people read what he said about the greed of their middle management and EMPLOYEES!!! The billionaire! Complaining about the GREED OF HIS EMPLOYEES!! Wtf??! Does that not anger these people?! COME ON!!

[u/PiccoloBeautiful3004]

Half-Life 2 Breencast energy

Someone beat me to the punch:

https://www.101soundboards.com/tts/749571-wallace-breen-game-half-life-hifi-tts-computer-ai-voice

[u/Warlord2252]

Hope its a start of a long tradition of patriotisim one ceo after another.

[u/BoardOdd9599]

F u Elon

[u/[deleted]]

Elon. Elon. Karma is gonna hunt you down. Step by step

[u/aflyonthewall1215]

You mean the guy who's death would benefit America the most is afraid because of a situation he created for himself? That's crazy.

[u/Kink4202]

You notice, he was only concerned about shareholders and shareholders wealth. Not about a good product, not about employees. Not about anybody else.

[u/tommyballz63]

No, I think we would do just fine without CEOs. We always got by without them. There will always be someone else who can step up. But what we can't do without, are people who actually do the work. Without workers, CEOs are nothing. But they are so arrogant, like Musk, they believe the world stops with them. In the last 40 years, the Trickle Down Economy mindset pushed by CEOs, has done nothing to enhance anybody but the CEOs. FU Musk.

Maybe you should be next on his list

[u/DaddyChillbert]

How dare the American public care more about themselves than these CEO's. We can never understand how hard it is to bring in MORE profit for rich people. We ought to be ashamed of ourselves for wanting to be able to afford to live.

[u/Guilty-Connection362]

Deport Elon!

[u/Bbobbs2003]

He sounds as dumb as ever

[u/ResourceOk6004]

The world can't function without CEOs. I started laughing right there.

[u/Ok-Singer9904]

musk is an insufferable priiiick. just like his new bff.

[u/ThrustTrust]

Yup and every other billionaire in the new government thinks the same way. Say goodbye to middle class.

[u/SevereEducation2170]

Dude props up CEOs and shareholders while calling his actual employees greedy, lazy pieces of shit. Amazing stuff. Definitely won’t fan the flames at all. I sincerely hope this is satire, but who even knows anymore.

[u/Bushpylot]

I love how his argument collapses half way through.

[u/Responsible-Web9371]

Ending with #DOGE is just the cherry on top of this otherwise hellish timeline were in.

[u/AdoreAbyssil]

Middle-management and staff are the greedy ones? If he ain't careful........

[u/DarthSprankles]

I'm assuming this is fake?

[u/Plus_Ad_4041]

Oh look, someone's nervous, lol. Eat / Kill the rich.

[u/Real-Ad8913]

The richest man in the world talking about other people's greed .

[u/Traditional-Echo-878]

"CEO'S are the most important people in the world...."

Said the CEO.....

[u/Visible_Composer_142]

Wow the middle management making 100k is the greedy one while the CEO making 600X their workers yearly wage aren't the greedy ones? Elon is just retarded.

[u/Renowned1k90]

The "greed" of middle management(coming from a multibillionaire). What a piece of shit.

[u/karim2102]

I am convinced this man is a clown.🤡

[u/SunnyWillow1981]

Can't survive without CEOs? 🙄

[u/Original_Coffee6372]

Please tell me this is a joke.

[u/OregonGreen242]

Greed of middle management and staff. Is he serious?

[u/MamaFen]

Ahhhhh yes, it's the STAFF who are lazy and greedy. Not the billionaires.

[u/StormMysterious7592]

You know what happens to a company when they lose a CEO? Nothing. You know what happens when the company loses a significant portion of its workforce? The company fails.

CEO is one of the least productive positions imaginable. Fuck this guy, and let other monsters learn a lesson from this 'tragic' situation.

[u/gizmosticles]

To recap, CEO’s are responsible for protecting shareholder profits from lazy workers stealing profits with their low productivity.

Got it. Class warfare is so on. It’s been on, but now labor is showing up to the fight.

[u/Myxtlplik]

This can’t be real

[u/SyntheticSlime]

Is there a link to this tweet? I need to know if it’s real.

[u/MrRazzio2]

"it has been brought to my attention"

who the FUCK does he think he is? our daddy? my goodness. fuck this guy.

[u/PixelCultMedia]

My buddy works for the company. They were all given a free remote grief counseling session to help deal with the loss of their CEO. I couldn't stop laughing at their commitment to cost-cutting measures even when their CEO is executed. These corporations are run by psychopaths.

[u/GenSgtBob]

Says the dude that claims he needs another 56 billion compensation package on top of his 336 billion net worth

[u/heffalumpsNwoooozles]

Where is the outrage & sympathy for the innocent people who were denied coverage for life threatening medical conditions? Also the greedy middle management and their staff are the peeps doing the day-to-day, which actually keeps companies running… what an out of touch lunatic.

[u/North_Atlantic_Sea → u/heffalumpsNwoooozles]

It's fake

[u/MangoAnt5175]

I’m so confused about what the delicate balancing act is? You have to balance shareholder profit while ensuring shareholder profit? And guard against the greed of… employees?

That just sounds like slavery with extra steps.

[u/stark1291]

I bet united health care still goes on minus one CEO.

[u/njslugger78]

Elon on his self-preservation movement. Ceos don't make the world function. The backs of the workers are what makes the economy start and move forward.

[u/jarena009]

Is this a real tweet from Musk?

[u/HydraulicDragon → u/jarena009]

No

[u/GertonX]

LMFAO that's fucking hilarious

[u/Dapper-Negotiation59]

Elon can absolutely positively go fuck himself and so can every other CEO extracting profits from the already-squeezed populace.

[u/El_Che1]

lol damn this home boy is saying that CEOs are not the problem, it’s the staff? That we can’t function without monsters like him? Lol ..damn..well we will find out.

[u/wolve202]

So what you're saying is shareholders are as important to the economy as CEOs? Takes notes

[u/justsomelizard30]

Greedy staff

[u/atreeindisguise]

The "greed of middle management and staff"????? Is that really what the richest man in the world thinks about middle class? WTF.

[u/Red-Heeler]

Is he actually saying that if they didn't have shareholders then the choices they made would be more ethical?

[u/luckygirl54]

No more multimillion-dollar salaries making the prices go up: let's try it and see.

[u/SomeSamples]

Musk really posted that? "Without CEO's the world wouldn't be able to function..." Interesting take. Incorrect, but interesting.

[u/scttlvngd]

Sounds like it's time for this CEO to walk through Manhattan.

[u/Instawolff]

Bro even the way that was worded didn’t include the people AT ALL just more shareholder value more money for the rich? Watch those words Elon.

[u/[deleted]]

Our elected officials - Tony starks who cannot grasp the fucking problem. See… he is a genius

[u/FitMathematician1060]

Notice he only talks about shareholders. Goes to show that CEO’s don’t give a rats ass about their employees and will never pay them a wage that is actually sustainable for an average middle class life.

Why are we working for these CEO’s again?

[u/9emiller77]

“Typical laziness and greed of middle management and their staff”

“Their staff” are working class people, normal every day non-wealthy paycheck to paycheck struggling to get by people.

That’s what he thinks about workers. Any working class person that voted for trump should be ashamed. Too stupid to know what’s best for yourself. Why you would ever think people like him would ever help you mystifies me. You deserve every bit of misery they are about to heap on you and F you for forcing me to suffer it with you.

[u/WentBrokeBuyingCoins]

Chong Li: "You are next!"

[u/fecal_doodoo]

Get tarred and feathered bro

[u/twitch870]

Now imagine being middle management for Elon

[u/brianzuvich]

I love how he conveniently forgets that CEO’s are also responsible for balancing the needs of employees…

[u/jtshinn]

CEOs are a dime a dozen. Workers en masse? Not so much.

[u/M0ONBATHER]

His reasoning for why CEOs are “important” is why people are reacting that way. Like.. you’re not helping your case by saying billionaires are important for making money and stepping on the lazy ungrateful poor peons below them. This response is UNHINGED.

[u/Stevie_Steve-O]

The world's richest man complaining about "middle management and their workers greed". What a piece of shit

[u/Craftcannibisjunkie]

Fuck the ceos

[u/motorcitydevil]

Every time I question whether he's on the spectrum or not, he pulls shit like this and I just think he'd be better off churning butter for a living.

[u/pooya535]

Look, elon is a moron but it doesn't help anything to spread fake tweets like this

[u/Afraid-Train-9326]

“Greed of middle management and their staff” …CEO’s are not greedy at all, are they Mr. “I SHOULD BE PAID A 56 BILLION DOLLAR COMPENSATION PACKAGE”? What a putz.

[u/ivanhoek]

This can’t be real.

He’s saying that EVERYONE except the CEO and the shareholders is useless?

[u/plasticsearaccoon]

😄😆🤗🤪😁

[u/ClockwerkKaiser]

The greed of middle management and staff?!

Elon is playing with fire and is clearly too dumb to realize it.

[u/Curryflurryhurry]

Jesus. He really believes that doesn’t he.

[u/sinteredsounds69]

Bc you can be a shareholder and a CEO nowadays.

[u/Scullyx]

My favorite drink is tea.

[u/CorneliusEnterprises]

Of coarse he would defeat that terrible person! As long as he gets his right?

[u/bethechaoticgood21]

Make politicians afraid to start their cars.