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What if the politics in question concern work? I'd love to live in the society you (apparently) live in where work and the rest of reality apparently don't inte

by tabeth 9y ago

What if the politics in question concern work? I'd love to live in the society you (apparently) live in where work and the rest of reality apparently don't interact with each other at all.

tdb7893 9y ago
Like everything in work you can't do it if it interferes with your professional relationships. If it's necessary for doing your job that's a different story but that's rarely actually the case.
rgbrenner 9y ago
The only overlap between politics and work is hiring and work-related policies (as far as your viewpoint on, for example, maternity leave is a political). Companies should have a process of developing and refining policies, and certainly politics may come up during the discussion of those policies.. but it should end when the policies are written and management has made a decision. If that policy is illegal, certainly go talk to HR about it or pursue a legal option. But there's no need to have this constant political fight within a company between employees. Note, this hiring and work-related discussion is very different than what's going on in google. They have mailing lists for everything from conservatives, liberty (liberal), transgenderism, furries, polygamy, etc. I would be very interested in hearing how polygamy is work related.
- tabeth 9y ago
  Can't say I understand what you're suggesting. Even without mailing lists people will talk about what they want to, by whatever means. Are you saying the workplace should censor and/or prohibit anything not work related? Your opinion of what work should be sounds pretty draconian, and is political, sure enough.
  - rgbrenner 9y ago
    Sure, people will talk, but a company does not have to facilitate it or encourage it. These are _professional_ relationships. Very different than your personal relationships. People should understand that, and restrain themselves from bringing personal matters into the workplace.

by tabeth 9y ago

What if the politics in question concern work? I'd love to live in the society you (apparently) live in where work and the rest of reality apparently don't interact with each other at all.

tdb7893 9y ago

Like everything in work you can't do it if it interferes with your professional relationships. If it's necessary for doing your job that's a different story but that's rarely actually the case.

rgbrenner 9y ago

The only overlap between politics and work is hiring and work-related policies (as far as your viewpoint on, for example, maternity leave is a political). Companies should have a process of developing and refining policies, and certainly politics may come up during the discussion of those policies.. but it should end when the policies are written and management has made a decision. If that policy is illegal, certainly go talk to HR about it or pursue a legal option. But there's no need to have this constant political fight within a company between employees. Note, this hiring and work-related discussion is very different than what's going on in google. They have mailing lists for everything from conservatives, liberty (liberal), transgenderism, furries, polygamy, etc. I would be very interested in hearing how polygamy is work related.

tabeth 9y ago
Can't say I understand what you're suggesting. Even without mailing lists people will talk about what they want to, by whatever means. Are you saying the workplace should censor and/or prohibit anything not work related? Your opinion of what work should be sounds pretty draconian, and is political, sure enough.
- rgbrenner 9y ago
  Sure, people will talk, but a company does not have to facilitate it or encourage it. These are _professional_ relationships. Very different than your personal relationships. People should understand that, and restrain themselves from bringing personal matters into the workplace.