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澳大利亚房地产大亨:经济变差也有好处,员工不再自以为是了

澳大利亚房地产大亨:经济变差也有好处,员工不再自以为是了

高名历(Nicholas Gordon) 2023-09-18
这位高管称,我们需要提醒员工,他们是在为雇主打工,而不是颠倒过来。

我们很少看到企业高管鼓吹经济变糟的好处,但这正是澳大利亚的豪华房地产公司格纳集团(Gurner Group)的创始人及首席执行官蒂姆·格纳于9月12日在由《澳大利亚金融评论报》(Australian Financial Review)举办的会议上试图做的事情。

格纳对听众表示:“员工认为雇主拥有他们这样的员工是极其幸运的,而不是颠倒过来。” 他继续说道:“我们必须消除这种态度,经济变差可以实现这一点。”

格纳说:“我们需要看到经济受创。我们需要提醒人们,他们是在为雇主打工,而不是颠倒过来。”这位房地产公司的首席执行官还称,澳大利亚的失业率需要跃升50%。

格纳还抱怨“技工”——有一门手艺的工人,例如电工、水管工和木匠——并声称他们“拉低了生产力”。

自那以后,格纳的言论走出澳大利亚,引起了世界各地评论员的关注,包括美国的众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯(纽约州民主党)。

这位女议员在X上回应了一段有关格纳言论的视频,她写道:“各大公司的首席执行官们的薪酬飙升得如此之快,以至于首席执行官与员工的薪酬之比达到有史以来的最高水平。”

蒂姆·格纳何许人也?

格纳是2013年成立的房地产公司格纳集团的负责人。根据公司网站的资料,该公司拥有价值约95亿澳元(或略高于60亿美元)的开发和管理投资组合。这家公司主要专注于豪宅和物业管理,但也涉足私人社交俱乐部,其中一家俱乐部提供抗衰老服务。

据《澳大利亚金融评论报》估计,格纳的净资产为5.84亿美元。

这已经不是格纳第一次因为其观点而引发争议了。

早在2017年,格纳就在“澳大利亚60分钟”(“60 Minutes”)这一新闻节目中谈到了住房负担能力问题。

这位房地产百万富翁抱怨道,不良的消费习惯——尤其是在牛油果吐司和其他小件奢侈品上的消费习惯——是澳大利亚的年轻人难以负担住房的原因。

他说:“当我想买第一套房子时,我不会花19澳元买牛油果泥,也不会买4杯咖啡(每杯4澳元)。”

格纳指出:“如今拥有住房的人当初为了买房埋头苦干,精打细算”,而如今的澳大利亚年轻人“每天都想外出就餐,每年都想去欧洲旅游。”

尽管言辞激烈,但据报道,格纳并不是白手起家。在格纳的言论爆火后,据《澳大利亚金融评论报》报道,这位房地产创始人在创业之初得到了前老板和祖父的帮助。

抱怨老板

古尔曼对傲慢员工直截了当的抱怨可能会引发其他商业领袖的共鸣。

今年4月,办公设备公司MillerKnoll的首席执行官安迪·欧文在一次内部会议上告诉员工,不要再担心奖金了。

“把你的时间和精力花在考虑我们需要的2,600万美元资金上,而不是考虑如果拿不到奖金你们应该怎么办,好吗?”她说,同时也建议员工“离开自怨自艾城”。

欧文的言论在社交媒体上疯传之后,她为自己的言论道歉。她后来对《财富》杂志的首席执行官穆瑞澜(Alan Murray)表示,社交媒体让“一些持消极态度的人断章取义,扩大了事件影响”,这次经历坚定了她让人们在线下重新聚在一起的观点。

今年5月,特斯拉(Tesla)的首席执行官埃隆·马斯克抱怨说,想要远程工作的员工需要“从他们该死的道德制高点上下来”。在接受美国消费者新闻与商业频道(CNBC)采访时,马斯克认为远程工作员工享有其他员工未曾享有的特权,这是不公平的。“那些为你制作外卖食品的人——他们不能居家办公?”马斯克问道。

尽管一些首席执行官言辞激烈,但老板和员工之间关于远程工作的争论可能已经进入休战期。在远程工作平台Scoop追踪的《财富》美国500强企业里,超过80%的企业正在采用混合办公模式。

Scoop的首席执行官罗布·萨多告诉《财富》杂志:“很多报道和讨论都集中在那些大力推行全职办公的首席执行官身上,有很多读者对此很感兴趣。但实际上,雇员和雇主之间并没有那么大的分歧。”(财富中文网)

译者:中慧言-王芳

我们很少看到企业高管鼓吹经济变糟的好处,但这正是澳大利亚的豪华房地产公司格纳集团(Gurner Group)的创始人及首席执行官蒂姆·格纳于9月12日在由《澳大利亚金融评论报》(Australian Financial Review)举办的会议上试图做的事情。

格纳对听众表示:“员工认为雇主拥有他们这样的员工是极其幸运的,而不是颠倒过来。” 他继续说道:“我们必须消除这种态度,经济变差可以实现这一点。”

格纳说:“我们需要看到经济受创。我们需要提醒人们,他们是在为雇主打工,而不是颠倒过来。”这位房地产公司的首席执行官还称,澳大利亚的失业率需要跃升50%。

格纳还抱怨“技工”——有一门手艺的工人,例如电工、水管工和木匠——并声称他们“拉低了生产力”。

自那以后,格纳的言论走出澳大利亚,引起了世界各地评论员的关注,包括美国的众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯(纽约州民主党)。

这位女议员在X上回应了一段有关格纳言论的视频,她写道:“各大公司的首席执行官们的薪酬飙升得如此之快,以至于首席执行官与员工的薪酬之比达到有史以来的最高水平。”

蒂姆·格纳何许人也?

格纳是2013年成立的房地产公司格纳集团的负责人。根据公司网站的资料,该公司拥有价值约95亿澳元(或略高于60亿美元)的开发和管理投资组合。这家公司主要专注于豪宅和物业管理,但也涉足私人社交俱乐部,其中一家俱乐部提供抗衰老服务。

据《澳大利亚金融评论报》估计,格纳的净资产为5.84亿美元。

这已经不是格纳第一次因为其观点而引发争议了。

早在2017年,格纳就在“澳大利亚60分钟”(“60 Minutes”)这一新闻节目中谈到了住房负担能力问题。

这位房地产百万富翁抱怨道,不良的消费习惯——尤其是在牛油果吐司和其他小件奢侈品上的消费习惯——是澳大利亚的年轻人难以负担住房的原因。

他说:“当我想买第一套房子时,我不会花19澳元买牛油果泥,也不会买4杯咖啡(每杯4澳元)。”

格纳指出:“如今拥有住房的人当初为了买房埋头苦干,精打细算”,而如今的澳大利亚年轻人“每天都想外出就餐,每年都想去欧洲旅游。”

尽管言辞激烈,但据报道,格纳并不是白手起家。在格纳的言论爆火后,据《澳大利亚金融评论报》报道,这位房地产创始人在创业之初得到了前老板和祖父的帮助。

抱怨老板

古尔曼对傲慢员工直截了当的抱怨可能会引发其他商业领袖的共鸣。

今年4月,办公设备公司MillerKnoll的首席执行官安迪·欧文在一次内部会议上告诉员工,不要再担心奖金了。

“把你的时间和精力花在考虑我们需要的2,600万美元资金上,而不是考虑如果拿不到奖金你们应该怎么办,好吗?”她说,同时也建议员工“离开自怨自艾城”。

欧文的言论在社交媒体上疯传之后,她为自己的言论道歉。她后来对《财富》杂志的首席执行官穆瑞澜(Alan Murray)表示,社交媒体让“一些持消极态度的人断章取义,扩大了事件影响”,这次经历坚定了她让人们在线下重新聚在一起的观点。

今年5月,特斯拉(Tesla)的首席执行官埃隆·马斯克抱怨说,想要远程工作的员工需要“从他们该死的道德制高点上下来”。在接受美国消费者新闻与商业频道(CNBC)采访时,马斯克认为远程工作员工享有其他员工未曾享有的特权,这是不公平的。“那些为你制作外卖食品的人——他们不能居家办公?”马斯克问道。

尽管一些首席执行官言辞激烈,但老板和员工之间关于远程工作的争论可能已经进入休战期。在远程工作平台Scoop追踪的《财富》美国500强企业里,超过80%的企业正在采用混合办公模式。

Scoop的首席执行官罗布·萨多告诉《财富》杂志:“很多报道和讨论都集中在那些大力推行全职办公的首席执行官身上,有很多读者对此很感兴趣。但实际上,雇员和雇主之间并没有那么大的分歧。”(财富中文网)

译者:中慧言-王芳

It’s not every day you see a CEO arguing for a worse economy. But that’s what Tim Gurner, founder and CEO of Australian luxury real estate company the Gurner Group, tried to do at an Australian Financial Review conference on September 12.

“Employees feel the employer is extremely lucky to have them, as opposed to the other way around,” Gurner told the audience. “We’ve got to kill that attitude, and that has to come through hurting the economy,” he continued.

“We need to see pain in the economy. We need to remind people that they work for the employer, not the other way around,” he said. The real estate CEO also suggested that Australian unemployment needed to jump by as much as 50%.

Gurner also complained about “tradies”—workers who practice a trade, like electricians, plumbers and carpenters—and claimed they had “pulled back on productivity.”

Gurner’s remarks have since rocketed out of the Australian context to catch the attention of commentators around the world, including U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).

“Major CEOs have skyrocketed their own pay so much that the ratio of CEO-to-worker pay is now at some of the highest levels *ever* recorded,” the congresswoman wrote on X, responding to a video of Gurner’s comments.

Who is Tim Gurner?

Gurner is the head of the Gurner Group, a real estate company founded in 2013. According to the company’s website, the firm has a development and management portfolio worth about 9.5 billion Australian dollars (or just over $6 billion). The firm primarily focuses on luxury homes and property management, but also dabbles in private social clubs, with one offering anti-aging services.

The Australian Financial Review estimates Gurner’s net worth to be $584 million.

It’s not the first time Gurner has courted controversy with his opinions.

Back in 2017, Gurner took to Australia’s “60 Minutes” news program to talk about housing affordability.

The real estate millionaire complained that poor spending habits—particularly on avocado toast and other small luxuries—were the reason why younger Australians were struggling to afford homes.

“When I was trying to buy my first home, I wasn’t buying smashed avocado for [19 Australian dollars] and four coffees at [4 Australian dollars] each,” he said.

“The people that own homes today worked very, very hard for it, saved every dollar,” while younger Australians “want to eat out every day, they want to travel to Europe every year,” he said.

In spite of his rhetoric, Gurner reportedly got help when he started out. According to the Australian Financial Review, after Gurner’s comments went viral, the real estate founder got help from his former boss and his grandfather as he was starting his business.

Complaining bosses

Gurmen’s blunt complaints about arrogant workers may win sympathy from other business leaders.

In April, the CEO of office equipment company MillerKnoll, Andi Owen, told employees to stop worrying about bonuses in an internal meeting.

“Spend your time and your effort thinking about the $26 million we need, and not thinking about what you’re going to do if you don’t get a bonus, alright?,” she said, while also suggesting that employees “leave Pity City.”

Owen apologized for her comments after they went viral on social media. She later told Fortune CEO Alan Murray that social media allowed “a few negative people to amplify and take things out of context,” and that the experience reinforced her view of bringing people back together in person.

Then in May, Tesla CEO Elon Musk complained that workers who wanted remote work needed to “get off their goddamn moral high horse.” In an interview with CNBC, Musk argued that remote employees enjoyed unfair privileges that other workers didn’t yet. “You’re going to make people who make your food that gets delivered—they can’t work from home?” Musk asked.

Despite the loud rhetoric from some CEOs, the remote work debate between bosses and workers may be settling into a truce. Over 80% of Fortune 500 companies tracked by remote work platform Scoop are settling into a hybrid work system.

“A lot of the coverage and discussion is on the CEOs who are pushing really hard on full time in office, and there are a lot of readers interested in that,” Scoop CEO Rob Sadow tells Fortune. “But in reality, employees and employers are less far apart than it may seem.”

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