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'Truly gobsmacking' | Tycoon slammed after calling for mass layoffs of 'arrogant' workers

Tycoon slammed after calling for mass layoffs of 'arrogant' workers

A business tycoon is under fire after calling workers 'arrogant' and saying the unemployment rates should rise to shift the power in the employer-employee relationship back to firms.

Multi-millionaire Tim Gurner said that workers must remember “they work for the employer, not the other way around” and that “we need to see pain in the economy.”

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