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Google’s internal message boards are not ‘free-for-all’ anymore
- draw_down 8y agoI don't know their culture, but I say you're crazy if you contribute to any type of "message board" more than absolutely necessary to do your job. Keep quiet, keep everything super anodyne. "Expressing yourself" is what you do when you're not working. Your employer is not your friend or your cool hangout spot. If you find it so necessary to express your true thoughts on some issue in a workplace context, ask yourself why?
- slededit 8y agoMicrosoft had an older e-mail implementation with their DLs (short for discussion lists). They exist for all manner of topics from where to find free food to finance, liesure and even politics. While I have seen them get heated or controversial its extremely rare. My view is Google blurred the lines between work and leisure too much which encouraged behavior not tolerated at most companies. However internal discussion boards are still great. The "Internz" mailing list did frequently have these sorts of problems but that was largely because of the general inexperience of interns.
- Daishiman 8y agoBecause Valley culture has promoted that people basically work and live in the same place, actually being professional means missing out on a necessary component for progressing within organizations. As these companies grow and populations become less homogenous and there's a higher certainty of meeting immature people or people with non-mainstream ideas, the probability of conflict increases. Honestly, I'm glad that these companies are realizing that part of being a professional adult means knowing when's the right time to keep distance between your personal views and your job. It's also a big barrier that prevents diversity.
- jaxb 8y agorewinding 20 years back... https://www.jwz.org/gruntle/rbarip.html https://www.jwz.org/gruntle/rbarip.html