Thread regarding Cigna layoffs

FOW: A commercial real estate story

The One AT&T building in Saint Louis just sold for $3.6M after sitting empty for years.

This, the tallest building in St Louis, sold for $205M in 2006.

This is what is driving these ‘back to the office’ initiatives. Who owns the lion’s share of commercial real estate? Large financial firms (Blackrock, Goldman, etc.)
Who owns the lion’s share of stocks - which controls CEO decisions? Blackrock, Goldman, etc.

These firms don’t like failed investments and will do whatever they can to stop the bleeding.

Our financial system is hopelessly intertwined, and the same 100 folks are making most of the decisions for us.

Now…get back into that office and eat out fir lunch, workers of the world!

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David Cordani made almost $21 million in 2022. With just one year’s pay he could have bought the biggest skyscraper in St. Louis and still had $17 million left over.

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So, wait...Cigna is trying to maintain a financial benefit on the backs of its employees. We incur all the costs and the corporation enjoys all the benefit.

They can't even bother to provide coffee in my building! No wonder folks are ticked off

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Wow…I didn’t know that about the tax cuts.

Imteredasting

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Don’t forget that the state of CT gives Cigna massive tax benefits for Cigna having its headquarters here. The governor of CT went on a dog and pony show in 2022 and basically said that tax benefits are not worth extending if workers aren’t in CT to pay CT state income tax. CT lets Cigna pay very little in taxes because thousands of “CT” employees pay CT income tax. Except when they work from home. That is why the more than half mandate is in place, because that lets Cigna classify workers as CT workers and then report income to CT.

Real estate is a big chunk, but so is tax incentives. And let’s not forget that a lot of upper managers like to have control and didn’t like people at home where they were harder to control.

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