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They could have solved the problem months ago by firing the people engaged in that sort of behaviour. The leaked screenshots that came out around the time they
by repolfx 8y ago
They could have solved the problem months ago by firing the people engaged in that sort of behaviour. The leaked screenshots that came out around the time they canned Damore were full of bad behaviour, but it appears none of those people were fired. Instead they were allowed to continue calling their coworkers nazis and fascists.
Almost without question this policy will be used to silence people objecting to their "diversity" programmes, not the people actually attacking their coworkers.
- jeffreyrogers 8y agoI don't think the solution is to fire these people (or Damore), it's just to say, "you can have whatever views you want outside of work, but unless it's relevant to your job, leave you opinions at home." That's how most of the corporate world operates.
- menacingly 8y agoYeah, we don't have to throw out every lesson handed to us from previous generations and brutally relearn them. Some topics you don't casually toss around with thousands of virtual strangers. Hell, _most_ topics. Commit your work, close your laptop, and go exist in any number of spaces where your politics are welcome discussion.
- repolfx 8y agoThat would also have worked, except in Damore's case they did actually solicit feedback (his memo was written after some training event where they said employees could/should comment). That said there's a difference between "I am talking about opinions and views that are irrelevant or inappropriate for the workplace", which is a mistake that is perhaps easy to make and can be trained out of people, vs "I am literally calling my coworkers nazis and demanding they be fired for expressing their views", which is not exactly a mistake and I see no real reason to tolerate such behaviour in any company.