Scumbag company who treat their staff like crap, no matter how many years of service they have given the store.
SenatorBiff on
A myopic focus on growth (a.k.a shareholder returns) to the exclusion of all else is exactly why everything’s fucked.
wkavinsky on
Heaven forbid the workers get rights instead of the shareholders line going up.
This is what the 1700’s and 1800’s were like, with the poor houses and all the rest.
We were supposed to move past that, and be better, not slip right back.
Username_075 on
If growth depends on denying workers fundamental rights then growth can get in the fucking bin. Let’s be honest, growth means the workers get fuck all and the boss gets a fat bonus. I can understand why said boss would care, I’m unsure as to why anyone else should.
kahnindustries on
These headlines are just so post-apocalyptic and dystopian. Do the people saying these quotes ever read them back?
Your human rights must not get in the way of profit growth?!!?
Don_Quixote81 on
Pay less to shareholders and invest in the company and employees, you’ll see more growth.
WhateverUnited on
Yes cause economic growth and profits are more important than human rights and individual wellbeing. Prick.
ElvishMystical on
For all the talk about growth – and it is all talk at the end of the day – there’s an awful lot of exploitation, poverty and deprivation going on in society.
Funny how all the talk of workers rights always seems to start off those who benefit the most whining and complaining. Workers rights are all about sacrifice and empathy two things which neoliberal capitalists fear the most.
So here we all are.
thedisablednonce on
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell
EstatePinguino on
This world is so fucking backwards.
Should be more like: “Growth must not hurt workers’ rights”.
No_Breadfruit_4901 on
Workers rights should be regulated 🙄 gosh these Tesco bosses have become so greedy
Delicious_Opposite55 on
I would not be upset if this man went away forever, along with all of his ilk.
Saint_Sin on
…The same obscene growth stolen during a crisis by lobbying the Tories you mean?
Rot scum.
TopRace7827 on
Why does it always seem to be Tesco?
Significantly less chicken in their price matched chicken nuggets. Tesco.
Burning plastics instead of recycling. Tesco.
And now this. Workers don’t matter. Tesco.
And that is just in the last week!
bodrules on
Tesco boss says new workers’ rights laws must not hurt his bonuses.
SmoothlyAbrasive on
Tesco’s boss is ignorant.
A society that operates honestly with regard to how money works, is set up with the understanding that an unmet want is not as urgent as an unmet need. Shareholders, investors and executives only have wants, and ensuring their wants are fulfilled at the expense of the needs of workers and customers is amoral and harms the economy as a whole. This MUST be recognised in all economic structuring going forward.
saint_maria on
This is exactly the kind of shit that keeps disabled workers not working as well.
We technically have more legal rights and protections than none disabled people, employers know this, and we’re less exploitable as a result. Therefore we’re less “valuable” than none disabled workers.
All this bullshit about reliability is just a socially acceptable way to say “We can’t make unreasonable demands of this person and if we do they’re more likely to be unwell due to the stress of our demands and we can’t do fuck all about it legally.”
If you want to know why so many people are now signed off sick and unable to work the largest contributing factor is the absolute grinding hell that is most modern employment.
This is why stronger workers rights are a must. They benefit absolutely everyone. Fuck Tesco and any company that see’s their employees as a means to an ends only.
dem503 on
Tl;Dr this will affect growth for companies who treat their employees like shit. There are plenty of companies who are happily growing despite offering benefits _above the legal minimum_
HarrargnNarg on
“It better not affect my profits to treat humans humanely”
Fuck this guy.
Turbantastic on
We can’t have those pesky workers having any sort of rights, won’t somebody please think of the poor shareholders!!?
Why don’t we bring back the poor house while we’re at it? Throw a bit of child labour in the mix also?
KasamUK on
Would this be the Tesco that just lost in the high court over its attempt to fire and re-hire. Yeh they can stick their opinions up their ass
Ok_Commission_8436 on
Profits expand and we all get fucked by a weak government too weak for today’s world.
Anyway, those benefit people need a bit more torture and society hasn’t been trained enough to shun them yet, yo capitalis ‘news’ magazines, please tell them it’s their fault and not the fact that we keep letting companies dictate our future.
Intelligent_Tone_618 on
Is this the same boss which thought it was a great idea to bump up their prices to force you use a data harvesting club card under the auspices of giving “loyal” customers a discount?
twoveesup on
If new worker’s rights hurt growth it’s up to Tesco to change how they fucking grow. Tesco bosses, all massive corp bosses, forfeiting bonuses would be the first thing to look at.
BroodLord1962 on
Tesco’s don’t give a shit about their customers. They have become the masters of getting products made for them in slightly smaller packets than their competitors while charging the same price. One of recent example: Large bottle of Peroni 500ml at Tesco works out at £4.70 ltr. Sainsbury large bottle of Peroni 620ml works out at £4.44 ltr, both stores currently charging £6 for 3 bottles on offer. There’s loads of this behaviour at Tesco
Daedelous2k on
This is perhaps one of the DUMBEST things to say as a boss of a company that specifically engages with the public.
Supermarkets are all already running on skeleton crews to appease the fat wankers around the table and customers KNOW it because many a supermarket worker in their position is probably not exactly hiding their distaste with the setup now. To openly say “Yeah fuck them we come first” when they are already penny pinching is going to get people moving elsewhere for their shopping.
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Scumbag company who treat their staff like crap, no matter how many years of service they have given the store.
A myopic focus on growth (a.k.a shareholder returns) to the exclusion of all else is exactly why everything’s fucked.
Heaven forbid the workers get rights instead of the shareholders line going up.
This is what the 1700’s and 1800’s were like, with the poor houses and all the rest.
We were supposed to move past that, and be better, not slip right back.
If growth depends on denying workers fundamental rights then growth can get in the fucking bin. Let’s be honest, growth means the workers get fuck all and the boss gets a fat bonus. I can understand why said boss would care, I’m unsure as to why anyone else should.
These headlines are just so post-apocalyptic and dystopian. Do the people saying these quotes ever read them back?
Your human rights must not get in the way of profit growth?!!?
Pay less to shareholders and invest in the company and employees, you’ll see more growth.
Yes cause economic growth and profits are more important than human rights and individual wellbeing. Prick.
For all the talk about growth – and it is all talk at the end of the day – there’s an awful lot of exploitation, poverty and deprivation going on in society.
Funny how all the talk of workers rights always seems to start off those who benefit the most whining and complaining. Workers rights are all about sacrifice and empathy two things which neoliberal capitalists fear the most.
So here we all are.
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell
This world is so fucking backwards.
Should be more like: “Growth must not hurt workers’ rights”.
Workers rights should be regulated 🙄 gosh these Tesco bosses have become so greedy
I would not be upset if this man went away forever, along with all of his ilk.
…The same obscene growth stolen during a crisis by lobbying the Tories you mean?
Rot scum.
Why does it always seem to be Tesco?
Significantly less chicken in their price matched chicken nuggets. Tesco.
Burning plastics instead of recycling. Tesco.
And now this. Workers don’t matter. Tesco.
And that is just in the last week!
Tesco boss says new workers’ rights laws must not hurt his bonuses.
Tesco’s boss is ignorant.
A society that operates honestly with regard to how money works, is set up with the understanding that an unmet want is not as urgent as an unmet need. Shareholders, investors and executives only have wants, and ensuring their wants are fulfilled at the expense of the needs of workers and customers is amoral and harms the economy as a whole. This MUST be recognised in all economic structuring going forward.
This is exactly the kind of shit that keeps disabled workers not working as well.
We technically have more legal rights and protections than none disabled people, employers know this, and we’re less exploitable as a result. Therefore we’re less “valuable” than none disabled workers.
All this bullshit about reliability is just a socially acceptable way to say “We can’t make unreasonable demands of this person and if we do they’re more likely to be unwell due to the stress of our demands and we can’t do fuck all about it legally.”
If you want to know why so many people are now signed off sick and unable to work the largest contributing factor is the absolute grinding hell that is most modern employment.
This is why stronger workers rights are a must. They benefit absolutely everyone. Fuck Tesco and any company that see’s their employees as a means to an ends only.
Tl;Dr this will affect growth for companies who treat their employees like shit. There are plenty of companies who are happily growing despite offering benefits _above the legal minimum_
“It better not affect my profits to treat humans humanely”
Fuck this guy.
We can’t have those pesky workers having any sort of rights, won’t somebody please think of the poor shareholders!!?
Why don’t we bring back the poor house while we’re at it? Throw a bit of child labour in the mix also?
Would this be the Tesco that just lost in the high court over its attempt to fire and re-hire. Yeh they can stick their opinions up their ass
Profits expand and we all get fucked by a weak government too weak for today’s world.
Anyway, those benefit people need a bit more torture and society hasn’t been trained enough to shun them yet, yo capitalis ‘news’ magazines, please tell them it’s their fault and not the fact that we keep letting companies dictate our future.
Is this the same boss which thought it was a great idea to bump up their prices to force you use a data harvesting club card under the auspices of giving “loyal” customers a discount?
If new worker’s rights hurt growth it’s up to Tesco to change how they fucking grow. Tesco bosses, all massive corp bosses, forfeiting bonuses would be the first thing to look at.
Tesco’s don’t give a shit about their customers. They have become the masters of getting products made for them in slightly smaller packets than their competitors while charging the same price. One of recent example: Large bottle of Peroni 500ml at Tesco works out at £4.70 ltr. Sainsbury large bottle of Peroni 620ml works out at £4.44 ltr, both stores currently charging £6 for 3 bottles on offer. There’s loads of this behaviour at Tesco
This is perhaps one of the DUMBEST things to say as a boss of a company that specifically engages with the public.
Supermarkets are all already running on skeleton crews to appease the fat wankers around the table and customers KNOW it because many a supermarket worker in their position is probably not exactly hiding their distaste with the setup now. To openly say “Yeah fuck them we come first” when they are already penny pinching is going to get people moving elsewhere for their shopping.