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"I want to hold them captive all day long:" Australian mining boss opposes staff leaving office for coffee (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Workers who leave the head office to buy a cup of coffee are costing an Australian mining firm too much money, according to its boss.

Managing director of Mineral Resources Chris Ellison said during a financial results presentation on Wednesday he wants to "hold staff captive all day long".

"I don't want them leaving the building," he said.

The head office in Perth has a restaurant, nine staff psychologists, a gym, and other facilities designed to encourage staff to stay in the office. "We have a lot of different benefits that we have brought on," said Mr Ellison, whose company has a strict "no work from home policy". "Why have I done that? Because when I get them first thing in the morning, I want to hold them captive all day long. I don't want them leaving the building.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Hot tip boomer, commuting is a waste of time and money and in most jobs doing away with this has no bearing on performance outcomes.

Another hot tip, just because someone is in the office doesn't mean they aren't wasting time. Don't assume for one minute that the office days are somehow the glory days . Believe me I see the time wasting and shit talking every time I go into the office.

Arguably the distractions of an office 9 times out of 10 are actually counter productive.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

“Back when I was a lad, we used to commute into the city every day in our V8-powered sedan and it only took 10 minutes because petrol only cost 30c/l and there weren’t as many cars on the road.” “I expect my workers to do the same, even though petrol is $2.30/l and it takes them an hour to and from work.”

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

He agrees it's a waste of time, so he goes by chopper.

https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/mining-billionaire-chris-ellison-lands-permit-to-take-chopper-to-office-20240606-p5jjwa.html

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

What a dick.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Can't have him wasting time away from the office