8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (2)
#14448939 at 2021-08-24 23:26:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #18278: For God and Comfy Edition
>>14448814
This isn't the first time Airbnb has indicated an interest in moving governance practices away from the shareholder-centric model that's dominated Wall Street since the go-go 1980s. Back in 2018, CEO Brian Chesky authored a similar note emphasizing the company's desire to benefit all stakeholders. Later that year, reports emerged that Airbnb was exploring ways it could offer equity to its hosts, a concept that could reshape the way various gig-economy companies compensate their workers-sorry, "contractors."
The ideas are good ones, in my opinion. A near-sociopathic focus on stock price and quarterly numbers seems unhealthy both for society at large and for the long-term health of companies themselves. But theory is one thing. How much of an impact will BlackRock and Airbnb's letters make?
Airbnb has more power over its own operations, but the changes the company announced are far from wholesale. Airbnb will now consider metrics like guest safety when doling out employee bonuses. It will host a stakeholder day to report on its progress. It announced plans for a stakeholder committee led by current COO Belinda Johnson that will offer its opinions to the Airbnb board about the ongoing effectiveness of this "multi-stakeholder approach."
In short, it's not like Airbnb is going to become a user-owned co-op, or that it's going to start donating 10% of its profits to a charity that would help those affected by the Bay Area housing crisis (although the company has pledged cash to the problem before). I suppose a committee could in some way be construed as "a positive contribution to society," but there's a bit of a difference in scope between Airbnb's words and its actions.
=airbnb has been in bed with blackrock for awhile, pun intended.
#243216 at 2018-02-02 04:58:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #296: Shills Be Shilling Edition
>>243029
get this one yet?
airbnb quites
https:// www.cnbc. com/2018/02/01/airbnb-cfo-laurence-tosi-out-Belinda-Johnson-named-
coo-no-2018-ipo.html