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Don't these guys have software to write and adspace to sell? Why are they spending time discussing politics at work?
by albertgoeswoof 9y ago
Don't these guys have software to write and adspace to sell? Why are they spending time discussing politics at work?
- jbob2000 9y agoPart of this stupid trend that your coworkers also need to be your friends and family. "Since I wouldn't tolerate political dissent at home, I don't tolerate it at work" kind of thinking. Probably also part of a greater trend towards Corporate Nationalism in the US. What happened to just showing up, doing the work, then going home?
- avs733 9y agoBecause not all groups, ideologies, countries, cultures, and other societal divisions act in the same way? I sell loans, why do I care about my customer's religion asks the banker, right before finding out that the Quran has specific provisions for appropriately lending and borrowing money.
- thehardsphere 9y agoBecause many companies try to weaken the boundaries between "work" and "not-work", so that their employees will spend more time at work.