Statements like that one deserve all the ridicule we can pile upon them.
sidewndr46 23 hours ago [-]
we must be the same age or have the same sense of humor. This is what my mind went to immediately.
jeffwask 23 hours ago [-]
My first tech job coincided with the first season of South Park.
jchw 24 hours ago [-]
I am truly, deeply sorry for revealing my true feelings on how much I value some of the employees that helped me become utterly, filthy rich. It will not happen again.
lousclues 23 hours ago [-]
Stories like these really help highlight how bad the bubble some people surround themselves with. Imagine being so out of touch you describe another human being as "lower value human capital".
JumpCrisscross 23 hours ago [-]
Goldman Sachs renamed HR human capital management when they were still known for being the smartest people on the street. So the convention of calling employees human capital stuck. From there I can totally see how the other, much longer-lived, convention of rating employees as high and low value bled over.
x______________ 23 hours ago [-]
Imagine how broken society has to be for this situation to occur in the first place, and then only need to issue a public apology to not get cancelled by the potential mob backlash.
It's very clear that reality happens in private and a 'im sowwy' should not be the only downside of devaluing life..
Or build yourself a bubble and then ignore everything outside of it? *shrug
tanseydavid 23 hours ago [-]
They have run out of euphemisms.
kjs3 13 hours ago [-]
AI will produce an infinite supply of high-quality euphemisms, making our existing drone...er...associates more productive and allowing us to eliminate the now redundant Department of Pleasantries and returning 4 headcount to our shareholders.
aitchnyu 19 hours ago [-]
This boss must have inspired this internet stranger to coin:
> HR sounds like they held him back from liquidity in human capital.
this guy doesn’t do optics. you don’t say shit like that even if it’s what you believe. most people can’t handle that level of detachment from human labour. it’s too impersonal. viewed as cruel even. even if he’s that detached he has to maintain a level of innocence to keep his workers compliant
ChoGGi 15 hours ago [-]
I don't live on that side of the pond, but let's hope tar and feather futures see an uptick.
fred_is_fred 1 days ago [-]
Bank boss is sorry that you're mad, not sorry he said it.
cybercatgurrl 11 hours ago [-]
precisely! he’s only sorry you know how he thinks. the reality is he means it and would take every opportunity he can to squeeze and optimise away human labour for his own benefit
rvz 20 hours ago [-]
"lower value human capital"
There you have his admission of what he really thinks of his employees even after layoffs.
Some may accept his apology, but I don't think the internet will.
Statements like that one deserve all the ridicule we can pile upon them.
It's very clear that reality happens in private and a 'im sowwy' should not be the only downside of devaluing life..
Or build yourself a bubble and then ignore everything outside of it? *shrug
> HR sounds like they held him back from liquidity in human capital.
Context, about a different company: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48213991
There you have his admission of what he really thinks of his employees even after layoffs.
Some may accept his apology, but I don't think the internet will.
Make that of what you will.