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Does this[0] look like satire?

[0] https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgP-xKKUkAIxXph.jpg:large

It actually does look like satire because it's so over the top. Are we sure it's not some kind of inside joke?

If this is how he actually does treat employees in a serious fashion then I take back everything nice I said about him. You can create a high performance culture while not being inhuman. I still stand by harsh tactics being important in business, but harsh tactics end where someone's health and well-being begin.

His website [0] seems to be having database connectivity issues at the moment, but Google's cache caught it[1].

[0] http://www.alexstjohn.com/WP/2016/04/17/wage-slaves/#comment... [1] http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:rCVIzSi...

That's obviously a joke.

Obvious? To who?

People with functioning senses of humor and an outragometer that isn't dialed up to 11?

I mean, come on. Mr. Burns couldn't send that email seriously.

Some of us have actually know Alex St John for decades, and are well aware that he really is that way, has always been that way, he is not joking when he says he's that way, and he makes it quite clear that he is not joking if you call him on it. So what's so obvious to you simply isn't true. You should believe his daughter, she's telling the truth. Go over to reddit and ask her.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:rCVIzSi...

tarage> This is the type of person you are. Just so everyone is aware.

TheSaint> Yes it is, and Selle is an amazing guy. That’s EXACTLY who I am.

Yes, Alex thinks that way, but he also satirizes himself by exaggerating "must always work" culture a little bit.

In reality Alex does not really work all the time (for example he spent quite some time on his blog) and he does not require his employees to work all the time too.

It looks like satire to me.

Yes, yes it does.

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