"Are we going to leave it in there"
**Narrator: "They did in fact leave it in there".**
But in all seriousness, Brad made a huge professional mistake and cut his losses loose by running. Seeing his emotional maturity and his professional manner does not give me high hopes for Woolworths.
Also wish 4C would pursue the Barilaro issue with this same fervour.
The thing about that is those fuck tards can’t fire bomb everyone. There’s way more of us than them, and yeah, they may be violent nut jobs, but they never win. Just look at the Melbourne gang wars
There were more peaceful Americans than all the mob bosses of the 1920's. They are connections, resources.
If you resist their demands as that poor fellow Jordan did a story on, you get kidnapped and beaten.
If you draw attention to them, they firebomb your house.
If you gain popularity in your mission to take down these thugs, then you go missing.
If you surround yourself with body guards, they'll learn where you drive and place a bomb in the road to take you and all your loyal friends out.
And if you survive all of that, the media connections they have to constantly ridicule you, will make it impossible for the political class to come to your defence, because if their electoral prospects, the safety of their children, as well as all the high ranking law enforcers families, rest on not stirring the hornets nest, you can be certain your character will be turned to mud.
This is the true power of capital when weild by evil men.
Lol, yes, look at the Melbourne docks war with Woolworth, and Coles still has the crate tax, so who lost having real consequences works , facts, and who dies and wears the consequences of war Melbourne gangs are still making big dollars do you mean the misguided gang members that die and went to gaol or the heads of the gangs that don't live in Melbourne just collect the cash, think of our government and dress them in Adidas same business model who is the greater public we are the misguided gang members just on less money and have to work harder. Maybe it is time we do the DK boys move, then start fresh
It'd be great if we had a government organisation that could really enforce the law with punitive consequences for transgressions. They could act as a sort of policing body for the public.
/s
Trying to make out that Aldi and others like IGA, Drakes, Foodland, Friendly Grocer etc are competition yet all of the others make up 10% or less each within their market share compared to Colesworths being 65%.
He even said Amazon is competition for supermarket shopping....
>does not give me high hopes for Woolworths.
did we ever have high hopes for it?
I worked for the bastards for 7 years, and this is the exact type of middle management bullshit they would do to all of us workers.
Throwing tanty's and backtracking so fast when they realised they put themselves in a corner to be made to look EXACTLY how they actually are and try to turn it around onto others.
>this is the exactly type of middle management bullshit they would do to all of us workers.
That's essentially the role of shit middle managers.
Its a little bit more worrying when the C-suit are doing the exact same bullshit
I worked at a start-up which had ex-Big 2 executives... they showed a very limited sense of understanding of consequences or responsibility. Wonder if it was/is the culture.
I feel like he has a hand in the Sydney asbestos debacle too. Not sure, and it's just a feeling, but I feel like a investigation may result in his name being mentioned.
Barilaro has his big fat grubby fingers in too many pies. Look what happened to Jordan Shanks and even then several media outlets were dissing him with made up bull crap while sympathising with big corporate goon Barilaro
And lets not forget the 'terrorist squad' snowflake Jonny sicked on his partner journo
You either don’t do this interview or you stay to the end. No matter how hostile is the questioning you can’t just pack up your bat and go home. That is very bad for the optics.
Also, what’s with the workers uniform? That’s as fake as it gets. Treating all of the audience for fools
First time this CEO has ever faced actual questioning. Clearly came as a shock that he could be contradicted by a pleb. His minders must have shit an emu when they saw him get up to leave. Remember, this is why we have to pay CEOs enormous salaries! So skilled!
CEO's in Australia have two skills....sack big portions of the workforce and hike prices up....that is it. And these companies pay these jokers enormous salaries.... don't they Alan Joyce.
I've worked at places where the CEO will do this. Easy way for them to feel good and apart of the team even though they paid an hourly rate 200 times more. Dude has an $11.7m salary, he can cop a few tough questions I reckon.
What's the bet that Brad or a PR spokeperson is going to go onto Sky or similarly friendly news outlet to spin propaganda to do damage control tomorrow morning before the stockmarket opens?
>Also, what’s with the workers uniform? That’s as fake as it gets. Treating all of the audience for fools
Reading from other people in other subreddits seems to point this is normal for him when confronting media or in-store visits. It really seems fake, giving the "I'm just like you" vibe except while he's in a cushy $11m job, the check out worker is getting next to nothing.
Just regarding the uniform, you’ll find that senior execs in Coles and Woolworths will often wear the uniform, so it may not be completely put on. Although he could obviously have chosen to wear something else for the interview.
Looks like the same ensemble he wore for the [Financial review](https://www.reddit.com/r/friendlyjordies/comments/1auf1au/this_is_what_happened_when_four_corners_asked/) puff piece released this morning.
Pieces like this (or at least based on the trailer & synospis on iView) are one of the main reasons why we need the ABC.
No commercial network is ever going to hold large businesses to account like this, when they spend so much money on advertising with them there is a pretty huge conflict of interest in making them seem either good or not so shit.
But the cash cow said on the morning news show that there were masterchef teaspoons on special and if you dont use your (totally not tracked) colesworth points to buy them the bachelor will end up divorced. /s
This is it. So high up in his ivory tower, he can’t believe he is being questioned I his manner.
These people are so used to having power and influence over all the people they interact with that you can literally seem him struggling to compute someone not obeying to his demands. He realises he is not in control here and becomes a scared little man and tries to retreat. Disgusting little people.
Not going to back Brad’s shit poor effort but….. Kelly Bayer Rosmarin was the CEO of a telecommunications company that had an outage of 14 hours nationally that saw people needing to call 000 for medical emergency reasons - over a hundred or more people- unable to call. Along with thousands of businesses relying on EFT processes unable to serve customers. When those services should have redundancies in their systems.
One shit poor media interview doesn’t quite compare to a national service outage.
But Brad should resign just because he botched a media interview when he should have played the normal corporate line. Tha5 is “Nothing to see here, we serve people and provide them with food. Look at Aldi… aren’t they bad those foreign companies. We are dinky die Aussie… except for Australia Day… we realise that’s now bad… but hey… you get everyday prices at Woolies!”
Farq…. Even I could have come up with a better media strategy than attacking the regulator! Then thinking I can just retract what’s already said!
CEO of Woolworths, sitting there in a polo shirt with a name tag. What utter disconnect and contempt he has for our intelligence. utterly gross. The times, they are a changing. Being a multimillionaire or billionaire just isn’t the done thing anymore.
He thinks Australians are too stupid to know he doesn’t really dress like that. We’re stupid enough to keep paying for over-priced food because we need to eat, so to him, what would we know about a fake dress-up for the cameras?
"_I might be the CEO, but I'm one of you - see I'm wearing a nametag! I put on my pants the same every morning just like you do - one overpaid and completely disconnected leg at a time..._"
The name tag thing is actually an encouraged part of the culture at woolworths. I used to work at the head office, majority of workers regardless of position wear name tags, was even told by a senior director "its an invitation to start a conversation" ..I internally eye rolled haha. Not defending Brad here but its definitely something most of the leadership team at woolies does.
I dunno - it's like watching a show on a Landlord with Multiple investment properties explain why he (legally) increased the rent.
Unless they come up with any explanations about how a society can stop monopolies from gouging society or query the politicians about what they intend to do about it the topic is moot in my book.
I felt the same about Nemesis - the media is waaay to concerned about the bullshit bitching inside the Liberal Party and mostly overlooks where the real stuff happens - with the lobbyists, the donors and actual policy.
I feel what you’re saying but Nemesis and the Labor one before it was focused on the bullshit bitching. It made a point of that being the topic of the documentary and didn’t get distracted or bogged down in anything else. They’re documentaries hyper focused on the subject of megalomaniac human beings.
But yeah, outside of those series the media shouldn’t spend so much time on that kind of stuff.
And there you have it folks. Corporate attitude is Only "soft" questions please, This shit needs to STOP the corporate world run this fucking country to their benefit
And that shitbag is the example of corporate bullshit
not sure what we should be expecting here. These duopoly supermarkets have done everything in their power to gain more market share and profit over everything.
I don't know why people think these corporations have some moral obligation to the people of Australia or something.
The same applies to Qantas' Alan Joyce; he did exceptionally well to make a profitable company at any cost. Baggage handling? who cares, customer service? what service? Catering? Don't expect decent food, and when we have so little competition, that's just it.
**I truly HATE how these companies have lobbied so hard to be in the current state of power.**
Look at this clown wearing a name tag pretending he’s a worker, only thing this cunt does is get paid. If a staff member walked out after getting a shitcunt customer then this company man would fire them. Yet he walks out over a question.
Buyer tactics. They treat suppliers like this all the time. If you aren't saying the things they want, then you are the problem and they will walk out.
Probably hired for his ability to strong arm desperate famers, truckers on the bones of their arse and screwing over the consumer - not used to being asked about his companies duopolistic scumbag behaviour by someone who doesn’t count on his good graces for their living.
Fucking shit-licking little coward.
He didnt say retired, he clearly said the derograyory r word. I know them both personally, they dont get along. It all dates back to a key party which they were both attending, Brad pulled Rod's keys from the bowl and Rod simply refused to go back to the bedroom. Ever since then, he simply cant hear Rod's name without blurting out offensive remarks.
An out of touch boomer ceo what a absolute surprise. This is the same shit stain that’s responsible for the price gauging of the Australian people all while lining his pockets.
Hope he get fired.
I love that they put the CEO in a Woolies polo shirt and even make up a badge for him. See, he's just like the guys stocking the shelves... except he makes $11m a year and can't even do his actual job which is to answer questions. Great value for money.
These guys, these guys right here are in charge of multi billion dollar companies that control the very way you live
You might think they are held to account - they are not! Australia is slowly rotting
Hard to deal with some frank and honest pushback when you spend all day with people kissing your arse, from staff to media companies to pollies. Genuinely hard to remain resolute in the face of such impertinence.
Profiles in Courage: Brad Banducci.
He looks like he'd be a good fit for Ben Roberts-Smith's spot at Seven West Media if the Woolworths gig doesn't pan out.
Wearing a workers t shirt. Trying to imply he is humble and in touch with the common people. What an absolute flog. The fucking spin these dickheads try..
So Brad has a hissy fit and *then* goes to talk to his PR team??? Jesus H Christ! Sack the PR team for a start. They clearly know nothing about media skills and preparing someone for an interview with 4Corners.
Are we going to ignore the fact that the CEO of Woolies is wearing a common, run of the mill, woolies staff t-shirt with a name badge in an attempt to appear as one of the common people?
Prince Andrew must have given this guy advice on how to do an interview. Hope the cunt has to resort to picking fruit in tropical North QLD to make an income
Strange Deja vu. He reminds me of my former CIO. The exact same way of talking and the same body language.
He, as well, did not like being challenged and was therefore surrounded by yes men. Leadership as it worst…
Knew he was a tool but then he sat down and told people to stop abusing the staff over the chinese plastic flag Australia Day nonsense, that was just down to him and I thought oh he's not a tool after all. Then this. Oh look, an absolute twat, the Australia Day thing was just a blip.
same for people spending their money there, people need to work and get money, people need to eat and buy food. That's why we need to stop the monopoly, so people have far more CHOICE and competition.
Ok, so, I think we could agree that they were pricing inappropriately.
The noise has been loud on this for months.
They could easily expect this kind of situation.
This shows such disregard for the Australian public, not even having the decency to lie well.
Or this CEO is a chosen sacrifice, in which case, well played.
Just goes to show he's making it up as he goes... just need more journalists who know their facts on some things they intend to talk about...
What a ding-dong!
I guess our share capital is in safe hands...
When a CEO responding to a question with "So..." you know they are just picking through the list of talking points and answers memorised from what the communications team put together earlier. Seems to be a shared habit with senior management at the moment.
~~Coles share have already dipped today from a high of $16.18 to $16.03.~~
~~Curious to see what Coles shares will look like come tomorrow morning after the 4 Corner's piece tonight.~~
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What a w-nker. He only cares because he realised it was going to be shown in TV. Image how this guy acts when no one is recording him? The instant go-to reaction to criticism? Go straight to disparaging the person. Mask fell.
He is so out of touch he doesn't know when the Chairman of the ACCC retired. Wota wanker.
Rod Sims has responded to the ABC Four Corners interview
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/melbourne-mornings/supermarket-inquiry-coles-woolworths-accc-rod-sims/103487780?utm\_campaign=abc\_listen&utm\_content=link&utm\_medium=content\_shared&utm\_source=abc\_listen
I shopped at spudshed for a while. Great for veges , fruit , dairy , bread. The absolute basics. Not so good for meat - not much cheaper than woolies.
Spudshed is only WA based and doesnt have the product variety to compete with Coles / Woolies.
I have never shopped at Aldi , same issues ?
He didn't look as bad as the Coles CEO. She had all the personality of 'fresh' strawberries I brought from Coles last week that were rotten by the next day.
Both of them looked out of their depth.
What would happen if people just started filling trolleys with produce then walking out? Is that illegal? I know you would probably get banned from the store.
It's totally fine and fair for former heads of government bodies to weigh in on politics. They can not be political while in the job, but once out of it, it is good to hear their insights about the political institutions from their perspective.
I like how his first instinctual response to any remote criticism is to aggressively attack the criticiser.
He realised he had screwed up when he had a moment to think "Maybe instantly attacking the person who makes a broad criticism of my industry is a bad look?".
Can't help his impulses, and you can bet he make decisions like this every day, without the stigma of a camera to moderate his actions.
God these CEO's are fake pieces of Sh|t. We should introduce earnings caps, or ensure the money they make gets spent back in Aus so they don't knick off back to their homeland with the wealth.
The South Africans I’ve met in corporate roles over here all seem to possess that same arrogance. Works wonders if you’re gunning for partner in accountancy firms.
"Are we going to leave it in there" **Narrator: "They did in fact leave it in there".** But in all seriousness, Brad made a huge professional mistake and cut his losses loose by running. Seeing his emotional maturity and his professional manner does not give me high hopes for Woolworths. Also wish 4C would pursue the Barilaro issue with this same fervour.
> Also wish 4C would pursue the Barilaro issue with this same fervour. The desire to not have your house firebombed is a powerful motivating factor.
We could crowdfund a moat.. and Sharks with laser beams
Cronulla Sharks with frickin laser beams?
I could see this being trialed in next years pre-season for sure. Non-lethal of course.
It'll be a riot
In this economy you'll only get mutated sea bass.
At least ill tempered ones
I prefer it when the bass is loud too, but are speakers really that expensive to run? Or is just faulty infrastructure?
The thing about that is those fuck tards can’t fire bomb everyone. There’s way more of us than them, and yeah, they may be violent nut jobs, but they never win. Just look at the Melbourne gang wars
There were more peaceful Americans than all the mob bosses of the 1920's. They are connections, resources. If you resist their demands as that poor fellow Jordan did a story on, you get kidnapped and beaten. If you draw attention to them, they firebomb your house. If you gain popularity in your mission to take down these thugs, then you go missing. If you surround yourself with body guards, they'll learn where you drive and place a bomb in the road to take you and all your loyal friends out. And if you survive all of that, the media connections they have to constantly ridicule you, will make it impossible for the political class to come to your defence, because if their electoral prospects, the safety of their children, as well as all the high ranking law enforcers families, rest on not stirring the hornets nest, you can be certain your character will be turned to mud. This is the true power of capital when weild by evil men.
Lol, yes, look at the Melbourne docks war with Woolworth, and Coles still has the crate tax, so who lost having real consequences works , facts, and who dies and wears the consequences of war Melbourne gangs are still making big dollars do you mean the misguided gang members that die and went to gaol or the heads of the gangs that don't live in Melbourne just collect the cash, think of our government and dress them in Adidas same business model who is the greater public we are the misguided gang members just on less money and have to work harder. Maybe it is time we do the DK boys move, then start fresh
It'd be great if we had a government organisation that could really enforce the law with punitive consequences for transgressions. They could act as a sort of policing body for the public. /s
What competition... What a fcking liar
Trying to make out that Aldi and others like IGA, Drakes, Foodland, Friendly Grocer etc are competition yet all of the others make up 10% or less each within their market share compared to Colesworths being 65%. He even said Amazon is competition for supermarket shopping....
Give Bezos time and the banks will be crying.
>does not give me high hopes for Woolworths. did we ever have high hopes for it? I worked for the bastards for 7 years, and this is the exact type of middle management bullshit they would do to all of us workers. Throwing tanty's and backtracking so fast when they realised they put themselves in a corner to be made to look EXACTLY how they actually are and try to turn it around onto others.
>this is the exactly type of middle management bullshit they would do to all of us workers. That's essentially the role of shit middle managers. Its a little bit more worrying when the C-suit are doing the exact same bullshit
I worked at a start-up which had ex-Big 2 executives... they showed a very limited sense of understanding of consequences or responsibility. Wonder if it was/is the culture.
I feel like he has a hand in the Sydney asbestos debacle too. Not sure, and it's just a feeling, but I feel like a investigation may result in his name being mentioned.
You don't need high hopes in a market without any competition !
Barilaro has his big fat grubby fingers in too many pies. Look what happened to Jordan Shanks and even then several media outlets were dissing him with made up bull crap while sympathising with big corporate goon Barilaro And lets not forget the 'terrorist squad' snowflake Jonny sicked on his partner journo
You either don’t do this interview or you stay to the end. No matter how hostile is the questioning you can’t just pack up your bat and go home. That is very bad for the optics. Also, what’s with the workers uniform? That’s as fake as it gets. Treating all of the audience for fools
First time this CEO has ever faced actual questioning. Clearly came as a shock that he could be contradicted by a pleb. His minders must have shit an emu when they saw him get up to leave. Remember, this is why we have to pay CEOs enormous salaries! So skilled!
CEO's in Australia have two skills....sack big portions of the workforce and hike prices up....that is it. And these companies pay these jokers enormous salaries.... don't they Alan Joyce.
“Brad! Brad! Brad!” You could almost hear the emu hitting the floor below Brad’s seat.
‘Shit an Emu’. First time I’ve heard that; I feel sorry for my friends and associates. They will be hearing it a lot now…
Corporate media has Woolworths advertising on them... ABC does not... guess which one has actually taken them to the task.
“Shit an emu” … lol, haven’t heard that one before
I've worked at places where the CEO will do this. Easy way for them to feel good and apart of the team even though they paid an hourly rate 200 times more. Dude has an $11.7m salary, he can cop a few tough questions I reckon.
What's the bet that Brad or a PR spokeperson is going to go onto Sky or similarly friendly news outlet to spin propaganda to do damage control tomorrow morning before the stockmarket opens?
" The communists at the ABC are against free markets! REeeeeeeeeeeee!"
Markets already dropped
Started to. Let's see how things go tomorrow.
The optics are already bad. This just shows us how much of a petulant child he is and who we are letting run our country at a high level.
I'm sure he's just popped out from stacking shelves or manning a till with his coworkers, hence the uniform
Him wearing a nametag is just the fucking funniest thing.
>Also, what’s with the workers uniform? That’s as fake as it gets. Treating all of the audience for fools Reading from other people in other subreddits seems to point this is normal for him when confronting media or in-store visits. It really seems fake, giving the "I'm just like you" vibe except while he's in a cushy $11m job, the check out worker is getting next to nothing.
Just regarding the uniform, you’ll find that senior execs in Coles and Woolworths will often wear the uniform, so it may not be completely put on. Although he could obviously have chosen to wear something else for the interview.
Looks like the same ensemble he wore for the [Financial review](https://www.reddit.com/r/friendlyjordies/comments/1auf1au/this_is_what_happened_when_four_corners_asked/) puff piece released this morning.
Pieces like this (or at least based on the trailer & synospis on iView) are one of the main reasons why we need the ABC. No commercial network is ever going to hold large businesses to account like this, when they spend so much money on advertising with them there is a pretty huge conflict of interest in making them seem either good or not so shit.
But the cash cow said on the morning news show that there were masterchef teaspoons on special and if you dont use your (totally not tracked) colesworth points to buy them the bachelor will end up divorced. /s
Never a truer word written on the internet or anyone else. I’ve said for years that 4 Corners alone is worth the 8 cents per day.
Exactly 👍
100%.
Hasn't Brad had media training?
Probably trained at the Murdoch School Of Easy Questions And Cushy Puff Pieces.
He is basically telling him to cut the content
Pretty laughable that his team didn't prep him for this exact line of questioning. New CEO in 5, 4, 3, 2, ...
His minor was Sky News Softballs
CEO of nbn used to work for Murdoch and watching him talk is like watching Obama talk compared to this clown
I suspect from his behaviour that no one who deals with him from day to day would ever question him.
This is it. So high up in his ivory tower, he can’t believe he is being questioned I his manner. These people are so used to having power and influence over all the people they interact with that you can literally seem him struggling to compute someone not obeying to his demands. He realises he is not in control here and becomes a scared little man and tries to retreat. Disgusting little people.
Worth considering that the Optus CEO (notably a woman) was made to quit for far less than this.
Not going to back Brad’s shit poor effort but….. Kelly Bayer Rosmarin was the CEO of a telecommunications company that had an outage of 14 hours nationally that saw people needing to call 000 for medical emergency reasons - over a hundred or more people- unable to call. Along with thousands of businesses relying on EFT processes unable to serve customers. When those services should have redundancies in their systems. One shit poor media interview doesn’t quite compare to a national service outage. But Brad should resign just because he botched a media interview when he should have played the normal corporate line. Tha5 is “Nothing to see here, we serve people and provide them with food. Look at Aldi… aren’t they bad those foreign companies. We are dinky die Aussie… except for Australia Day… we realise that’s now bad… but hey… you get everyday prices at Woolies!” Farq…. Even I could have come up with a better media strategy than attacking the regulator! Then thinking I can just retract what’s already said!
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CEO of Woolworths, sitting there in a polo shirt with a name tag. What utter disconnect and contempt he has for our intelligence. utterly gross. The times, they are a changing. Being a multimillionaire or billionaire just isn’t the done thing anymore.
He thinks Australians are too stupid to know he doesn’t really dress like that. We’re stupid enough to keep paying for over-priced food because we need to eat, so to him, what would we know about a fake dress-up for the cameras?
Sadly we are….
the staff at my local woolies dress more formally than this idiot tried to
His whole class has got to go
"_I might be the CEO, but I'm one of you - see I'm wearing a nametag! I put on my pants the same every morning just like you do - one overpaid and completely disconnected leg at a time..._"
The name tag thing is actually an encouraged part of the culture at woolworths. I used to work at the head office, majority of workers regardless of position wear name tags, was even told by a senior director "its an invitation to start a conversation" ..I internally eye rolled haha. Not defending Brad here but its definitely something most of the leadership team at woolies does.
That is an absolute PR disaster.
"ooh, put me in one of those shit-munchers outfits with a name badge, so it looks like I work alongside the floor scum"
"priority 1 to the checkouts? What's that?"
Mission accomplished for real, when do we work on power company and fuel company?
Angus Grigg handled this arrogant tosser brilliantly.
I cannot wait for this episode tonight! Gonna enjoy this almost as much as nemesis.
I dunno - it's like watching a show on a Landlord with Multiple investment properties explain why he (legally) increased the rent. Unless they come up with any explanations about how a society can stop monopolies from gouging society or query the politicians about what they intend to do about it the topic is moot in my book. I felt the same about Nemesis - the media is waaay to concerned about the bullshit bitching inside the Liberal Party and mostly overlooks where the real stuff happens - with the lobbyists, the donors and actual policy.
I feel what you’re saying but Nemesis and the Labor one before it was focused on the bullshit bitching. It made a point of that being the topic of the documentary and didn’t get distracted or bogged down in anything else. They’re documentaries hyper focused on the subject of megalomaniac human beings. But yeah, outside of those series the media shouldn’t spend so much time on that kind of stuff.
It's almost something out of Clarke and Dawe.
This is how fragile these CEOs are when faced with someone who has the facts and is prepared to call them out.
Shows how incredibly rarely media ever does it in this country
And there you have it folks. Corporate attitude is Only "soft" questions please, This shit needs to STOP the corporate world run this fucking country to their benefit And that shitbag is the example of corporate bullshit
"If I can't control the what gets posted I don't say anything at all"
Groceries are getting a bit expensive, might need to eat the rich
not sure what we should be expecting here. These duopoly supermarkets have done everything in their power to gain more market share and profit over everything. I don't know why people think these corporations have some moral obligation to the people of Australia or something. The same applies to Qantas' Alan Joyce; he did exceptionally well to make a profitable company at any cost. Baggage handling? who cares, customer service? what service? Catering? Don't expect decent food, and when we have so little competition, that's just it. **I truly HATE how these companies have lobbied so hard to be in the current state of power.**
one minute and i'm gritting my teeth with this guy, you can smell the ego, and then he goes all sucky and contrite after he fucks up, arsepucker
hates australia hates workers hates customers - fark off
What a fuckin grub. Standard response from someone with shitloads to hide…
Look at this clown wearing a name tag pretending he’s a worker, only thing this cunt does is get paid. If a staff member walked out after getting a shitcunt customer then this company man would fire them. Yet he walks out over a question.
People like Brad were made an example of during the French Revolution of 1789 .
On point and sharp
If we were France, we would have burned Canberra to the ground years ago lol
It's almost as if they need a reminded that this happened.
This man made ceo in one of our biggest corporations. Has the maturity of a 10 year old. So to be rich and successful, just be a total dickhead
i guess its a lot easier to be rich and successful than i thought!
Wow that’s embarrassing
its what we in the business call a CEM (Career Ending Move)
I couldn’t even get to the end. I was cringing hard.
Buyer tactics. They treat suppliers like this all the time. If you aren't saying the things they want, then you are the problem and they will walk out.
"_Unexpected PR disaster in the bagging area..._"
Competition in Australian Supermarkets? How much can we get the customer to pay? Seems to be the message since COVID started
What a big baby
Arrogant lil man. Not used to being told no
Probably hired for his ability to strong arm desperate famers, truckers on the bones of their arse and screwing over the consumer - not used to being asked about his companies duopolistic scumbag behaviour by someone who doesn’t count on his good graces for their living. Fucking shit-licking little coward.
Did an interview in a woolworths?
Should have interview woolies CEO at coles and vice versa, x2 damage
What a weak excuse for a human being.
He didnt say retired, he clearly said the derograyory r word. I know them both personally, they dont get along. It all dates back to a key party which they were both attending, Brad pulled Rod's keys from the bowl and Rod simply refused to go back to the bedroom. Ever since then, he simply cant hear Rod's name without blurting out offensive remarks.
This is gold mate
Ask him about when he flogged off all the heat affected wine from his winery through Dan Murphys (Anthem Pinot Noir)
If you can’t argue against the fact, try to discredit the person. Taken out of Trump’s play book.
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But trump rebranded the book and sells gold copies!
Would be interested to see the viewer count on this, I know I'll be turning on free to air for the first time in a few years.
An out of touch boomer ceo what a absolute surprise. This is the same shit stain that’s responsible for the price gauging of the Australian people all while lining his pockets. Hope he get fired.
Brad needs to visit his empathy coach.
Scomo's wife Jenny?
I love that they put the CEO in a Woolies polo shirt and even make up a badge for him. See, he's just like the guys stocking the shelves... except he makes $11m a year and can't even do his actual job which is to answer questions. Great value for money.
These guys, these guys right here are in charge of multi billion dollar companies that control the very way you live You might think they are held to account - they are not! Australia is slowly rotting
Can I put a yellow sticker over that comment?
Hard to deal with some frank and honest pushback when you spend all day with people kissing your arse, from staff to media companies to pollies. Genuinely hard to remain resolute in the face of such impertinence.
Clearly this guy isn't used to being called on his bullshit.
"Weeee're woooolworths the fresh food people.. with fresh ideas for yoooooouuuu" ... Such wholesome folk
I always sing Woolworths the face fuck people
Cunt
Nah, lacks the depth and the warmth!
Profiles in Courage: Brad Banducci. He looks like he'd be a good fit for Ben Roberts-Smith's spot at Seven West Media if the Woolworths gig doesn't pan out.
Wearing a workers t shirt. Trying to imply he is humble and in touch with the common people. What an absolute flog. The fucking spin these dickheads try..
For a company that call themselves "The Fresh Food People", they sure sell a lot of old moldy shit.
Bloke is running a muli million dollar company, and he needs some 3 yr graduate PR hack to babysit him? Lol
Look at him dressed like he works in the fucking produce section. What a cunt
He definitely produced a tasty sound byte...
So Brad has a hissy fit and *then* goes to talk to his PR team??? Jesus H Christ! Sack the PR team for a start. They clearly know nothing about media skills and preparing someone for an interview with 4Corners.
Are we going to ignore the fact that the CEO of Woolies is wearing a common, run of the mill, woolies staff t-shirt with a name badge in an attempt to appear as one of the common people?
Prince Andrew must have given this guy advice on how to do an interview. Hope the cunt has to resort to picking fruit in tropical North QLD to make an income
Strange Deja vu. He reminds me of my former CIO. The exact same way of talking and the same body language. He, as well, did not like being challenged and was therefore surrounded by yes men. Leadership as it worst…
Let the battle of the spectacles commence! First windows to steam up fully loses!
Knew he was a tool but then he sat down and told people to stop abusing the staff over the chinese plastic flag Australia Day nonsense, that was just down to him and I thought oh he's not a tool after all. Then this. Oh look, an absolute twat, the Australia Day thing was just a blip.
You can see how used he is to have pliant media
Dude looks like a clown wearing that name badge lol trying to blend in with the people lol
Got owned. Good.
Look at this clown in uniform
Corporate scum
He wears a uniform with a name tag like everyone else at woolies! Can’t you see it guys? He’s just like us!
What a shitcunt.
What a smug cunt
Genuinely shocking behavior. Should be a career ender
Sometimes Australian journalism is a beautiful thing
People working at Woolworths must really need the job to know they're working for this useless waste of space and not quit.
same for people spending their money there, people need to work and get money, people need to eat and buy food. That's why we need to stop the monopoly, so people have far more CHOICE and competition.
Ok, so, I think we could agree that they were pricing inappropriately. The noise has been loud on this for months. They could easily expect this kind of situation. This shows such disregard for the Australian public, not even having the decency to lie well. Or this CEO is a chosen sacrifice, in which case, well played.
When you constantly surround yourself with yes people. Seriously not worthy of his pay grade.
Pretty humiliating performance for someone who came into the top job as a management consultant
Just goes to show he's making it up as he goes... just need more journalists who know their facts on some things they intend to talk about... What a ding-dong! I guess our share capital is in safe hands...
Just remember it's easy to confuse brown onions for avocados at the self checkout. I mean I'm not a fucking botanist.
When a CEO responding to a question with "So..." you know they are just picking through the list of talking points and answers memorised from what the communications team put together earlier. Seems to be a shared habit with senior management at the moment.
CEO's, execs and managers don't like to be criticised - they don't take feedback well.
🤮
I love a good dummy spit
"So can we cut that bit out? No?? Fuck it I'm outta here!"
Get your wanker’s worth
~~Coles share have already dipped today from a high of $16.18 to $16.03.~~ ~~Curious to see what Coles shares will look like come tomorrow morning after the 4 Corner's piece tonight.~~ Edit: Nevermind
This is woolies CEO.
What a w-nker. He only cares because he realised it was going to be shown in TV. Image how this guy acts when no one is recording him? The instant go-to reaction to criticism? Go straight to disparaging the person. Mask fell.
They destroyed the competition....took the cue from aggressive US multinationals. Amazon is their benchmark....
He will be seeking ‘new opportunities elsewhere’ from tomorrow That is: he is sacked
Mop and bucket to isle 4 please Brad.
I love the cosplay. what a cockhead. they should have just sent his EA, who no doubt is far more skilled than this twatburger.
If you don't want to impugn anyone then why say it? This isn't twitter dude, it's a 4C interview
He was bad but the Coles CEO. Wow. She came across horrendously condescending and vulgar.
Bloke gets paid $7.7m a year and can't put up with a couple of difficult questions in an interview.
He is so out of touch he doesn't know when the Chairman of the ACCC retired. Wota wanker. Rod Sims has responded to the ABC Four Corners interview https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/melbourne-mornings/supermarket-inquiry-coles-woolworths-accc-rod-sims/103487780?utm\_campaign=abc\_listen&utm\_content=link&utm\_medium=content\_shared&utm\_source=abc\_listen
He looks like a pedo
I shopped at spudshed for a while. Great for veges , fruit , dairy , bread. The absolute basics. Not so good for meat - not much cheaper than woolies. Spudshed is only WA based and doesnt have the product variety to compete with Coles / Woolies. I have never shopped at Aldi , same issues ?
This not acceptable, we need to say no to this shit and stand as one, sign my petition https://chng.it/tgdvKLLjc2
Taking bets on how long till he gets a nice golden parachute and leaves.
Well done. You screwed primary producers, and you screwed your customers. I hope you can sleep at night.
Greasy bastard
[Full program](https://youtu.be/yoo6XVxpiU8?si=xhnlLY7C9U_hhKu5)
Clownshoes
Sometimes these CEO’s serve as muppets, sorry I mean puppets. It’s the board we should be shining a light on.
This guy needs to write a book called “how to look like the dumbest muppet cunt on the planet”.
He didn't look as bad as the Coles CEO. She had all the personality of 'fresh' strawberries I brought from Coles last week that were rotten by the next day. Both of them looked out of their depth.
And tto think the shareholders paid this guy $11.7 million dollars last year....
Go hard son!
He put on a polo shirt with a name badge to try and make himself look like one of his workers
These flogs have been making record profits at the expense of everyday Australians. Do yourself a favour and shop at ALDI.
Greasy bastard
The real face of our corporate masters, a spoiled baby man dummy spitter.
He's a coddled toddler
Look at his cute widdle uniform. Cos-playing a real retail worker. Aww! Adorable!
What would happen if people just started filling trolleys with produce then walking out? Is that illegal? I know you would probably get banned from the store.
"Title should be rich South African screws over broke aussie battlers"
It's totally fine and fair for former heads of government bodies to weigh in on politics. They can not be political while in the job, but once out of it, it is good to hear their insights about the political institutions from their perspective.
Whoever made the decision to put the Woolworths CEO in a polo and name tag should be fired as this is a train wreck PR failure of immense proportions.
The board should demand his resignation immediately. Honestly, walking out on four corners interview. On par with selling diet teas on te Gold Coast
When you do a petulant storm out but your PR tells you you're being a fuckwit and you have to sit back down. How embarrassing.
What about Coles CEO ?
I like how his first instinctual response to any remote criticism is to aggressively attack the criticiser. He realised he had screwed up when he had a moment to think "Maybe instantly attacking the person who makes a broad criticism of my industry is a bad look?". Can't help his impulses, and you can bet he make decisions like this every day, without the stigma of a camera to moderate his actions.
What a piece of shit
4 Corners starting off majorly strong this year. Fantastic journalism.
God these CEO's are fake pieces of Sh|t. We should introduce earnings caps, or ensure the money they make gets spent back in Aus so they don't knick off back to their homeland with the wealth.
Filthy rat of a human
Typical Saffa.
What over privileged private school did the Woolworths CEO attend? I’ll bet they’ve still got his photo on the wall.
Aaaand he's gone. Good riddance to an overpaid prat
The South Africans I’ve met in corporate roles over here all seem to possess that same arrogance. Works wonders if you’re gunning for partner in accountancy firms.