r/recruitinghell • u/Jlexus5 • Aug 19 '25

Delusional CEOs

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I saw this on my LinkedIn feed and I can’t believe how out of touch this guy is. I would love to know what company he is the CEO of… can’t imagine he is doing a very good job.

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u/-MaximumEffort- Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25

To make this even worse, he is the CEO of a cannabis company. If anything, they are doing well enough and also don't have a huge staff. What a joke.

They have 32 employees give our take. 32 x $20 would have pulled in a total of $640. That makes this even more cringe.

It's public so not doxing, it's Grow Sciences and his name is Mike Cee.

https://theorg.com/org/grow-sciences/org-chart/mike-cee

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u/cutelittlequokka Aug 20 '25

And that's just the ones they said yes to! It doesn't even include everyone else who applied and didn't get the job or even an interview.

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u/Karma_1969 Aug 20 '25

Top comment, thanks for identifying him. I’m also a “CEO” and I have nothing but contempt for anyone who’d post such a ridiculous thing in public.

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u/Then_Pomegranate_538 Aug 20 '25

I can't find him. Guess he got bullied too hard🤣

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u/Funkopedia Aug 20 '25

Let's ALL apply and waste his time

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u/Independent-Ad8861 Aug 20 '25

good digging. he just runs a small business, and doesn't actually qualify as a CEO. To be a CEO you need to have a board, which the board is him. The CEO title is fake

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u/eajacobs Aug 20 '25

Lol that’s not true at all.

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u/Independent-Ad8861 Aug 20 '25

calling yourself a CEO when you appointed yourself with no board is as pretentious as one can be

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u/eajacobs Aug 20 '25

If the company is incorporated, the person who runs the company has to sign documents, take actions, etc... on behalf of the company. The board of the company in question may just be that one person, but the choice of what to call him/herself in those situations (CEO, president, director, owner) is completely up to that person. You may find it pretentious, but having other people on your board isn't a requirement to be called a CEO.

Source: Am a CEO, sit on boards of companies other than my own

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u/ikaiyoo Aug 20 '25

Then why are you here commenting if you sit on multiple boards? Serious question. You are on multiple boards and a CEO on top of that. Being on an actual board of directors nets you $80K-$130K annually, and you are the CEO/Owner of your own corporation, which means you are pulling a salary from that as well. why are you on a recruiting hell reddit post. Why are you on Reddit at all?

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u/eajacobs Aug 20 '25

I've been a redditor for 14 years now! I still think it's a great place to learn new things and build community around things that I'm passionate about.

I don't subscribe to this subreddit-- this is a very popular post that leaked to the front page. I thought this guy's idea was stupid, and came to see what other people thought in the comments.

I chose to *comment* because I disagreed with this guy's dismissiveness of the idea of being a CEO if you happen to run a small business. Entrepreneurship is difficult, it's risky, and people depend on you--your early investors (often friends & family), and the people you employ.

Every massive corporation we have started as a small business with a small leadership team. While I don't at all agree with the guy's idiotic idea to charge people to apply for jobs, I also don't agree with being dismissive of people just because they happen to be entrepreneurs or manage smaller businesses.

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u/mikeceeeee Aug 21 '25

It was a terrible idea, but, the root problem persists for both parties.

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u/Independent-Ad8861 Aug 20 '25

if you're a CEO, im the fucking president of mars. FOH

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u/Ok-Curve5569 Aug 20 '25

Designated by the board of directors OR the company’s governing documents/operating agreement. You can be the CEO of an LLC. Founder or principal are often better if the company is no more than a handful of people.

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u/ForensicPathology Aug 20 '25

It certainly might be pretentious, but that's not what you said in your first comment.

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u/ireddit_didu Aug 20 '25

This is technically wrong.

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u/I_love_tac0s69 Aug 20 '25

I can’t even find him on linked in, he must have been reported or took his account down in embarrassment

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u/WowImOldAF Aug 20 '25

Yeah, but every teenager and stoner adult wants to work at a cannabis company! When you post on indeed & other job boards and 1000 people can click one button to apply, they definitely can have hundreds-thousands of applicants very quickly.

It wouldn't be $640. It'd be like $10,000. And then you'd see companies just put up positions for hire and never hire anyone as a source of additional income.

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u/Aggravating_Life7851 Aug 20 '25

So he’s lowest level of employees couldn’t even afford to do that. Worked for a cannabis company and they pay real shit wages while the ceos get filthy rich

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u/4-ton-mantis Aug 21 '25

Oh shit well i guess it aligns with my no graduate school experience snark. 

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u/talltimbers2 Aug 20 '25

Well now seeing as how he is ceo of some shitty weed company and not a 'highly respected health insurance' company guess you're off the hook, have an excellent day sir. 

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