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Geektastic

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#1184228 27-Nov-2014 15:55

Lias: Personally I will be boycotting them as much as I can.

My reasons are varied, but include

Not wishing to support companies that do things Family First approve of.
Not wishing to support companies that have CEO's who believe in imaginary friends in the sky.
Not wishing to support companies that support censorship or prudishness.
Not wishing to support companies that don't support gamers.
Not wishing to support companies that use gamers as a pawn in cynical marketing ploys to appeal to people who believe in imaginary friends in the sky.

I'll add "not wishing to support companies with CEO's who are so ridiculous they think they are paid too much." It's not possible to be paid too much.

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#1184299 27-Nov-2014 17:33

Geektastic: I'll add "not wishing to support companies with CEO's who are so ridiculous they think they are paid too much." It's not possible to be paid too much.

Of course it is. You might not think you are being paid too much, but others might. Futhermore, other people are happy to be paid a fair amount for a fair amount of work. You're not one of those people, but they are out there. Bizarre, right?

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#1184320 27-Nov-2014 18:12

Pay me $5m a year and put me in charge, and I'll uphold the example of great CEOs everywhere by making sure that not a single member of staff has a contract that we can't end without notice. Hell, I'll even repeat "flexible labour market" until my teeth bleed if you let me funnel my income through the Cook Islands so I don't have to pay my fair share in tax. Cheers!

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#1184329 27-Nov-2014 18:32

bazzer:
Geektastic: I'll add "not wishing to support companies with CEO's who are so ridiculous they think they are paid too much." It's not possible to be paid too much.

Of course it is. You might not think you are being paid too much, but others might. Futhermore, other people are happy to be paid a fair amount for a fair amount of work. You're not one of those people, but they are out there. Bizarre, right?

It simply isn't. If the person employing you is prepared to pay you $300 million a week, that is a matter for them. It has no relevance to anyone else and no one else's opinion matters if the shareholders are happy with it (unless it is taxpayer's money being used of course.)

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#1185955 30-Nov-2014 21:16

Their CEO (Mark Powell) is religiously biased along these lines.

Source: I was recently at a event at a church where he was talking. His personal position on this issue was quite clear.

Lias: Personally I will be boycotting them as much as I can.

My reasons are varied, but include

Not wishing to support companies that do things Family First approve of.
Not wishing to support companies that have CEO's who believe in imaginary friends in the sky.
Not wishing to support companies that support censorship or prudishness.
Not wishing to support companies that don't support gamers.
Not wishing to support companies that use gamers as a pawn in cynical marketing ploys to appeal to people who believe in imaginary friends in the sky.

They haven't succeeded 100% -

http://search.thewarehouse.co.nz/search?w=marilyn%20manson&asug=

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#1186004 1-Dec-2014 00:48

Saw this article a couple days ago. There was a question mark by the mother if they would be stopping the sale of fireworks to become more family friendly after her daughter was injured by them.

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#1186013 1-Dec-2014 06:26

itxtme: Saw this article a couple days ago. There was a question mark by the mother if they would be stopping the sale of fireworks to become more family friendly after her daughter was injured by them.

Like they'd give up that cash cow!

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#1186193 1-Dec-2014 10:30

dickytim:
itxtme: Saw this article a couple days ago. There was a question mark by the mother if they would be stopping the sale of fireworks to become more family friendly after her daughter was injured by them.

Like they'd give up that cash cow!

Exactly.

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#1186296 1-Dec-2014 12:36

Today's Herald cartoon was a pretty good reference/dig at The Warehouse (+ some of the main political issues at the moment).

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#1187084 2-Dec-2014 13:40

Geektastic:
bazzer:
Geektastic: I'll add "not wishing to support companies with CEO's who are so ridiculous they think they are paid too much." It's not possible to be paid too much.

Of course it is. You might not think you are being paid too much, but others might. Futhermore, other people are happy to be paid a fair amount for a fair amount of work. You're not one of those people, but they are out there. Bizarre, right?

It simply isn't. If the person employing you is prepared to pay you $300 million a week, that is a matter for them. It has no relevance to anyone else and no one else's opinion matters if the shareholders are happy with it (unless it is taxpayer's money being used of course.)

You started off talking about a person thinking they themselves are paid too much and suggesting it's not possible to be paid too much.
Now you're talking about judging someone else for being paid too much.

Those two things are quite different. The first I don't agree with (as I stated), the second point I (mostly) agree with. Unless one is a shareholder (and I guess taxpayers can be loosely lumped into that category in certain circumstances) it shouldn't really matter what the CEO is paid (even compared to the rest of the staff). I guess if one doesn't like it, they could shop elsewhere, but that's about it.

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