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Australian billionaire boss aims to end staff going out for coffee (theguardian.com)
4 points by thunderbong 69 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments



> Chris Ellison, the managing director of Mineral Resources, said the industry could not afford to continue down the path of flexible working, and that his company was investing in amenities at the firm’s head office in Perth, Western Australia, to keep people from leaving the building.

> “I want to hold them captive all day long,” Ellison said during a financial presentation on Thursday. “I don’t want them leaving the building … I don’t want them walking down the road for a cup of coffee. We kind of figured out a few years ago how much that cost.”

What a delightful human, to show us why labor regulations are crucial.


My boss (serial builder of consultancies and all round good guy) has a simple policy.

Any time 3 or more employees go out for coffee together it is a business meeting and should be expensed.

His reasoning: the value of the knowledge transfer in going for coffee far exceeds the cost of the coffee or loss of time.


I hope an employee shits in his daily coffee.


Billionaire’s shouldn’t exist


Billionaires are piece of shit.




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