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[–] 308 points 2 months ago (42 children)

She was a vice president of business selection and conflicts at ​the bank. Not The vice president of the bank.

Before anyone gets too excited.

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  • [–] 236 points 2 months ago (12 children)

    It's important to remember that banks hand out vice president titles like business cards. It makes the vice president feel important and gives customers someone with a splashy title to yell at.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Lol I was literally today just dealing with a bank integration at work and noticed the tech support guy I was working with was a VP. Your comment was perfectly timed for me, because I was like "wtf why is the guy talking to me about PGP keys a freaking Vice President?!”

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  • [–] 95 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

    From what I've heard of this story, a woman who had a history of mental issues stabbed a random man getting out of the subway and then went and stabbed this woman. Her position at a bank is nothing more than attention grabbing headlines.

    Just a heads up, if you look into this at all you'll probably come across the video of the stabber being shot and killed.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Saw it. Felt like this was suicide by cop.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    To add to this, she might have been just another cog. I don't know how BofA titles work, but I have known people with a VP title that had no one reporting to them and had no decision making authority.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    She was a vice president of business selection and conflicts

    She was a specialist in "conflicts" and she got conflict there in Times Square. Failed to resolve the conflict miserably.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Banks haven’t yet rolled out close quarter combat training for their executive tier

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    "your fruit killing skills are remarkable"

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    What if someone charges at you with a banana?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    From what I was able to discern, the CEO of UHC was really just a nepo frat boy selected by the board. He had no special skill or talent, other than looking like another white man in a suit and selecting multiple choice answers about what to do in the company.

    Straight from Central Casting, if you will.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    What exactly do you think the CEOs of large corps do? Make sound decisions based on their experience in the trenches of their industry? Ha! Their entire role is to be a frat boy, party (aka "network") with other CEOs, allow the board/private equity to make dumbass decisions that'll tank the company, then take the fall when those decisions inevitably lead to problems. Nepo baby is a legit resume booster because it means you were born with more connections than most people will ever have.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    I've worked with a lot of CEOs and while a lot of them are as you describe, many of them are smart and have a good handle on what their company does. And too many of them are afflicted with varying degrees of sociopathy.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Worked with CEOs of what size companies? Small business CEOs definitely need to know their shit and put in the work. Enterprise CEOs need to look good in press conferences and have books full of billionaires.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    Isn’t that how it works though? You have the president, and then multiple vice presidents with their own responsibilities? Vice president of lending, vice president of marketing, etc?

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Yes, but banks go the extreme and hand out the title like candy. It's way easier to become a VP at a bank than other companies.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Do banks even give out candy anymore? It's a sad day when the only Dum-Dums at the company are wearing suits.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    I'm pretty sure at BofA, it's not that high level

    A manager manages a small team, a director manages several managers, and then a vice president manages directors. They usually have ~100 people under them, but it can vary widely

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Most just in the US. When I worked at an American company, even some tech support folks were given Vice President titles because it apparently makes customers happy to be talking to a VP.

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    [–] 97 points 2 months ago

    such a clickbait of a headline. might as well have just said "random middle manager killed in New York"

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  • [–] 62 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    vice president

    Larger companies have hundreds to thousands of them. Nothing to get excited about.

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  • [–] 50 points 2 months ago

    I think from now on I'm going to refer to it as the Bank of Ontario

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  • [–] 43 points 2 months ago

    In unrelated news, here's a painting to symbolize how an acerage American feels about Bank of America.

    Source: https://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/16-beautifully-dark-paintings-banks-on-fire/86237901/

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  • [–] 33 points 2 months ago

    Well it couldn’t have been Luigi

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  • [–] 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    VP in general is not a big thing... This is click bait.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago

    Hmm. Well, ICE was in New York recently, and given the preponderance of criminals they hire ...

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Oh that’s good news, thank you for brightening our day 🌞💖

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  • [–] 64 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Oh no, was the knife damaged?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago

    Look, let's end the debate easy: if tomorrow morning, the GOP decides to take action to prevent and address mental illness, that means she was a big shot.

    If it's the usual thought and prayers, she was a small fish.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Vuce president = middle manager

    The title has lost most meaning it used to have. This is just a random killing

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    A tad above middle typically… it’s generally already within executive / leadership realm that the title exists.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    It's an American bank, they're like 30% vice presidents. And that's when you include bank tellers in the branches, not just the corporate side. I suspect it's more like 50% vice presidents if you go to the main office.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    Next time aim higher. In the org chart.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Sept 1 (Reuters) - A Bank ​of America (BAC.N), opens new tab vice president was killed in a stabbing in New York City's Times Square on Monday, ‌sending a shock wave through the bank after the random incident took place in broad daylight in the heart of the city's tourist industry. Erin Piacenti, 32, was a vice president in BofA's business selection and conflicts unit, according to her LinkedIn profile. The NYPD said that ​the suspect was a woman with a history of mental health issues.

    Probably was exactly as described, but I still question anything cops say, especially NYPD. There's a chance they killed her to prevent discovery that this wasn't a random event, to avoid another Luigi situation. Not a big chance, but a chance. Ten years ago, I would have scoffed at such a suggestion, now I'm making it myself.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    2 people died- this poor girl and also the knife wielding maniac; watching the video though it did not seem like a situation that warranted lethal force from the officers

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Witnesses flagged down nearby officers, who confronted Cisneros between West 42nd and 43rd streets while she was still holding both knives

    You remember those playing cards that were popular in the early 00's? The ones that were given to US Troops in Afghanistan or Iraq or whichever country W was mad at at the time....with the pictures of Taliban leadership?

    That was a pretty cool idea.

    We should bring something like that back, but so that people can recognize some of the most powerful people in public.

    Not so that they can hurt them, obviously, I wouldn't endorse that.

    Just to make sure that if somebody were to hurt them, they make sure not to fucking see it

    We don't have to be limited to 52 either. We can do different sets for different industries. Banking, housing, medical, pharma, fucking FedEx, whatever. Be a big collectible. Great holiday gift for anyone who is 3 months closer to poverty than they are to prosperity.

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    Corporate hierarchy is somewhat nebulous.

    In general, they tend to break it a little bit like:

    Pleeb(1-3)->Team lead-> Manager-> Director-> VP -> C-staff -> maybe founder

    If they have multiples of the higher level stuff, they'll make them juniors or seniors. And then they'll add more of the same position if they're dealing with more people.

    And then, of course, they'll just add titles to pay people more money if they've been there for a while or they make them more money.

    I've never understood why all those big companies want to congregate on Times Square. It's essentially impossible to set up any type of security perimeter outside the building. And there are regularly nut balls all over the place right there.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    world news? lol

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    Ohh noo. Anyway...

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    Must need more cameras around to prevent this crime

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  • [+] -24 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Lemmy seems to be infested with despicable freaks that think murder of CEO-level people in corporate america is a good thing

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