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> Besides, if you quit a huge company like Google because one of your colleagues holds an opinion... OP didn't say he would quit because one of his colleagues
by SamBam 9y ago
> Besides, if you quit a huge company like Google because one of your colleagues holds an opinion...
OP didn't say he would quit because one of his colleagues held a (in his example) racist opinion, but would do so if the company just turned around and said that black employees should just be "more open-minded" to those opinions.
You can separately debate whether the original memo was as bad as OP's racist example, but in the context of OP's example I think he'd be perfectly in his rights to leave if the company was supporting such an opinion.
- dopamean 9y agoThank you. I realize no that it's easy to think that I believe the made up scenario I presented is the same as what happened at Google. That wasn't my intention. My point was to answer the question (that pretty much no one has even attempted to answer) of how do you include people in an organization who hold views that are so counter to what many others in the organization believe. And not just different views but views that are thought to lead to real world negative consequences.
- zaptheimpaler 9y agoWhat do you mean how? You just let them be in the organization. You let there be disagreement too. You foster a culture that encourages people to put aside their differences and do things the orgs way when its time to work, but you don't shame, lynch and fire everyone who disagrees.