• jballs@sh.itjust.works
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      15 hours ago

      Of course that wasn’t the official reason he gave. He hired a management consultant group to do a study of where all the top restaurant talent was in the country. Surprise, surprise, all the criteria they were given led them to narrow down the ideal location for the corporate headquarters to be right next to his house in Newport Beach.

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        How the fuck isn’t this stuff against business laws. How does this not break the fiduciary duty by self-dealing?

        If what you’re saying is accurate then he’s a pro at creating parallel evidence.

        Who am I kidding? Anyone who could bring a suit against the CEO probably doesn’t care.

        wasteful hubristic meatballs

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      In 2018 Niccole laid off 400 at the Denver and New York locations so that HQ could be relocated to Newport Beach, where he lived at the time.

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        That was just the 400 FTEs. There were also lost of contractors that were affected as well! Most people don’t count them since they could have been let go for any reason.