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What is the biggest corporate heel turn that you know? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by DrBob@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I was thinking about this after listening to Marc Andreassen blather on about how he doesn't trust government as a repository of trusted keys and other functions. He advocates for private companies to perform critical functions. Standard libertarian stuff in many respects.

The problem of course is that corporations lack accountability. They can shift terms and conditions or corporate purpose and there is little meaningful recourse except to stop using them. I can think of small examples that don't widely resonate (Mountain Equipment Co-op I'm thinking of you 🤬) but are there big examples that I'm missing?

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[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Costco is a godsend in San Francisco, and I was always given to understand the employees are treated well. I’m gonna be really bummed if it does take a heel turn.

[–] Hazzia@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago

Same, Costco can come off as culty because everyone who goes there fucking loves it. As far as I'm aware, they don't force the employees to do morning "team building", like what got Walmart banned in Germany, so if the employees are acting like it's the best job ever, it's probably because the company's doing a great job at keeping them happy.