Reddit's CEO said employees had a tendency to put big-picture idealism before business.

  • Reddit’s CEO said that when he returned in 2015, he had to remind employees to work hard.

  • There’s a tendency in the US tech industry to place idealism above hard work, he said.

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    It’s so absurd for them to think they are going to get people to work harder without idealism.

    • futatorius@lemm.ee
      3·
      6 hours ago

      Working harder isn’t very scalable. Working more productively can be, but almost always requires investment.

      • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
        1·
        2 hours ago

        A lot of people don’t understand what productivity means and often use it interchangeably with working harder. However from the owner’s perspective, getting salaried workers to work more hours, assuming the extra hours produce marginally more output is net new profit. As they’re seeking ever increasing profit, that’s one lever they have to push to get some growth. The next one on the labour side is decreasing salaries.