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> As long as you prescribe to the founders political beliefs all good. Think if you're an employe of any of these company's and support Trump how'd you feel. I
by danhak 10y ago
> As long as you prescribe to the founders political beliefs all good. Think if you're an employe of any of these company's and support Trump how'd you feel.
I must be missing the part where people are being forced to work for founders they disagree with. "Free market" and all that...
Like it or not, companies operate within a policy framework. The decisions and actions that are being undertaken absolutely are affecting companies in material ways and it's entirely appropriate for leadership to publicly advocate for / against policies according to its interests--whether it relates to trade, recruitment, culture / morale. Hell, even for pure PR reasons as is surely the case at times.
- thescribe 10y agoI think it helps to imagine the opposite, a founder being radically pro-trump. I still think it's ok, but it seems like a poor representation of the company.
- vilified_throw 10y agoExactly, pro Trump technology founders are very few and far between. Most of them are "closet" republicans, for fear of being alienated, chastised, and vilified, especially in the bay area.
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- confirm_essence 10y agoOh my god. Trump and his supporters are endlessly victims. Hard to muster sympathy for a political movement based on fear and hatred of the eternal other. Strange how the vast majority of highly intelligent, creative, entrepeneurial people hate Trump.
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- relics443 10y agoI think the point is (and the election may have shown) that in reality, it is the vast majority of the highly vocal, intelligent, creative, entrepreneurial people that hate Trump.
- mattnewton 10y agoI'd thank them for letting me know how they felt and find a new company to work for. Democrat or Republican, this is wrong. I'd work for a lot of people, but a cheerleader for facism is not one.
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