That is fundamentally BS - people in management are the same people who used to be "powerless employees".  You'd know that if you worked anywhere for a period of time.

There is no such thing as "normal" people and "illuminati" people.  

I believe what he's saying is that just because some practice is common, that doesn't make it the morally right thing to do.  He probably made his point poorly, but I'm pretty sure that is what he meant.

You may not agree that this practice is morally wrong, but at least now you can disagree with his actual point instead of some kind of unintentional straw man.

My goodness, didn't know most people on this sub were conservatives... Good to know.

Edit: I also like how most people in this thread (including the moderator) are taking more offense to one of the posters argument which wasn't even half bad, it doesn't take too much thinking to understand the point he was making which was a fine one, than the fact that a billionaire CEO took a 200M$ bonus while his peasant employees are making crums while living under the stress that they are expendable in the ultimate goal of maximizing the CEOs and all the other big time shareholders pockets. And the golden part, IT'S THE PEASANTS who defend him! Amazing.

A 200M$ bonus, no matter who you are, jesus, god, Putin, it should NEVER, EVER happen. Funny people here will defend it.

Also, another poster arguing that the bourgeois capitalistic system ,because he somehow worked at a management level (whatever that means), isn't rigged for the top 0,1% is pure GOLD.

This is a fun thread...

Again, you are conflating two completely different things.

You can always find another/better job. A slave isn't going to find a new/better slave master.

I am getting your point on what is "deemed" normal and how things that were deemed normal has changed over time...
But loosing a job isn't the end of the world, it's not that big of a deal, there is plenty of work out there, plenty of career paths that can be taken.
I was working in Health once, decided to throw it all in and changed into fire and rescue.

You are not entitled to a 100% secured job forever, things change, companies/businesses/organizations go through periods of booms and busts.

But comparing it to discrimination or slavery to backup your arguments is downright disgusting, I am part of the LGBTQI community, I actually know what discrimination is.

What part of "Hope they find new employment quickly" didn't you grasp?

It's certainly not wishing ill on the individuals. - And it is certainly not praising management for receiving a bonus whilst they cut off employees.

But what's the alternative? Limit how wealthy businesses and individuals can be? Giving that money to government directly so they can piss it away?

If Activision feels he's worth that extra $200 million (much of which is probably taken by taxes), I'm not really concerned. I don't think capping how wealthy people are allowed to be is going to improve quality of life. Shaming people for not siding with liberal perspectives isn't going to help either.

Myself and many others who aren't rich have made thousands placing safe bets on the stock market.

Good for Bobby Kotick.

I did not intended to offend you nor did I say you were wrong, looks like your trying to be offended, this for me is disappointing, I thought better of you :/

I'm done here, too many don't give a damn, and thanks for the few that did 

What an absolute garbage market to work smh 

IT market overall has a severe deficit in working force in almost every field but gaming companies somehow can get away with lower salaries, bigger working journeys and abundance of devs to fire everytime they feel they need to 

I'm not offended, it takes allot for me to get offended over something so insignificant, it's small world stuff.

Rather... I am appalled you would use discrimination and slavery in such a lob-sided comparison to reinforce your position... And thus called you out on it. - If you find that disappointing... Then so be it. - I can personally sleep easy knowing I stood up for what I inherently believed in.

It's not a case of "not giving a damn" either, it's a case of: "shit happens".
We are people, we learn, grow and improve from life's experiences, loosing a job tends to be one of those experiences that everyone generally goes through at some point in time, use what you learned from that job and apply that to your next job to open up new opportunities rather than throw a pity party.

Companies hire and fire all the time, it's the cycle of the job market. (Note: Market.)
You need to plan and anticipate those scenarios if your contract isn't air-tight.