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I agree that executives are people, but we regard lots of normal, human behaviors as "unprofessional", and our standards for professionalism are traditionally h
by weberc2 9y ago
I agree that executives are people, but we regard lots of normal, human behaviors as "unprofessional", and our standards for professionalism are traditionally higher for higher ranking employees. In particular, I think there's already a lot of negative misinformation circulating about conservatives generally and Trump supporters specifically (mind you, I'm neither), and no one is helped by executives propping up these rumors.
- cromwellian 9y agoIn what way did the executives "prop up rumors"? They were responding to employees and their families who got trapped outside the country by the travel ban executive order. What's rumor about that?
- weberc2 9y agoI was speaking generally, as was the post to which I responded. I don't know the particulars of the Google executives' comments.
- alex_hitchins 9y agoWhat is considered 'professional' today might not be tomorrow. I for one would welcome more genuine personality in the corporate world and can think of many things I'd like to see become considered acceptable.
- weberc2 9y agoMaybe, but that's inconsistent with the demands for greater professionalism and accountability that we've seen our society place on executives and other authority figures in recent years. Notably, any comment that can be remotely perceived as questioning the progressive narrative is equivalent to violence, white supremacy, Nazism, etc. I care less whether we expect greater or lesser professionalism from executives so long as "professionalism" isn't a partisan proxy war.