> I guess I don't see why I wouldn't talk to my coworkers about things I like and care about? Some coworkers don't like to talk about these things so they aren'

> I guess I don't see why I wouldn't talk to my coworkers about things I like and care about? Some coworkers don't like to talk about these things so they aren't in those discussions - that's also great. We also have a code of conduct but it doesn't curtail debate it's just pretty much what you would expect - I imagine very much like google's One response to this could be simple: you're there to work, not to discuss X, where X is something not related to work. Nobody is preventing you from finding a common interest with a coworker and chatting about it outside of work hours, but if it interferes with actual work, which, based on these lawsuits, seems to be happening, then it probably shouldn't be discussed during work hours. Another larger issue here is that a lot of these tech companies have "flexible" hours, which ultimately means people never leave work. Sort of like the lie of "unlimited" vacation days :)