This Australian mining businessman has been making controversial decisions against his workers for 2 years.
After the teleworking boom caused by the pandemic, the businessman CEO of the company Mineral Resources, from Australia, decided prohibit remote employment modalityconsidering that it will not pay 5 days of work to employees who attend 3. Among its latest decisions is to prohibit leaving the offices, even to buy coffee.
The tycoon wants to have his employees inside the office all working hours. According to him, the company already offers too many facilities as a café, restaurant, gym, daycare, a reflection room and a wellness center. For this reason, he believes that it is unnecessary for workers to leave the establishment during their work day.
Chris Ellison
Chris Ellison’s profile and his controversial decisions
“I want to keep them captive all day” and “I don’t want them to leave the building” were the controversial statements that the magnate gave to the Bloomberg site. The 67-year-old veteran is one of the 50 richest men in Australia. Born in a poor family, son of farmers, knew how to build a fortune of 1.2 billion dollars that he has with the shares of his mining company in his country.
Their main argument is that their workers love those offices because they have many amenities such as own cafeteria, nursery, gym, reflection room, restaurant and wellness center Therefore, it is considered unnecessary for them to leave the establishment during their work day and considers that this affects productivity.
As an incentive for its workers, daycare costs 20 dollars a day, much cheaper than the average of 180 dollars throughout the country. In any case, the tycoon’s statements always contain a controversial component: “We are going to feed them but dad and mom will work in our office.”
How much is Chris Ellison’s fortune, according to Forbes
Currently, Chris Ellison’s fortune amounts to 1.2 billion dollars and is ranked 2410th in the world among the most millionaires in the world. Ranking 49th among the richest in Australia. Most of his fortune comes from his position in the company Mineral Resources, which works in the extraction of iron and spodumene, a mineral that contains lithium.
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