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I must be naive, because I cannot think of any political topic I would be discussing at work. How is this intolerance of right-wing ideology being expressed? W

I must be naive, because I cannot think of any political topic I would be discussing at work. How is this intolerance of right-wing ideology being expressed? What views specifically are being not-tolerated? Without these specifics, it's hard to understand the problem.

_iyig 8y ago
At a company like Facebook, I could imagine how politics enter into work discussions about trending story ranking or news site bias warnings, for example.
umvi 8y ago
I can't speak for Facebook, but I've seen political drama on GitHub before. Certain people would go around and open issues on repos that had contributors deemed -ist or -obe and call for their removal. Opal comes to mind https://github.com/opal/opal/issues/941 https://github.com/opal/opal/issues/941
bobdole12345 8y ago
Usually, it's a conservative saying in front of his group of foreign co-workers "I think it's great that Trump is cracking down on all these foreign workers stealing our jobs". Then they wonder why nobody wants to get lunch with them.
Crespyl 8y ago
Diversity practices in hiring, for example. In the case of Facebook, things like moderation/curation of the various news feeds and arguments around "suppression" of certain topics.
- intopieces 8y ago
  >Diversity practices in hiring, for example I’m a hiring manager, but I don’t work in HR. I follow HR guidelines and ask relevant policy questions. Nothing more. I don’t express an opinion about our hiring practices around diversity. >moderation/curation of news feeds The article doesn’t say that all these individuals raising the issue work on one feature. That would be a relevant detail. My reading of this piece suggests that a swathe of individuals don’t like company culture — the bits that bind employees above the work itself - and that’s the part I can’t grasp. I work at a Fortune 50 company and I have no idea the political or religious affiliations of my coworkers. I could guess, but don’t want to. I just don’t see how a company culture can have an impactful political bias to people who mind their own business. The article doesn’t specify any specific instance, so I can’t form an opinion on the validity of their claims.

_iyig 8y ago

At a company like Facebook, I could imagine how politics enter into work discussions about trending story ranking or news site bias warnings, for example.

umvi 8y ago

I can't speak for Facebook, but I've seen political drama on GitHub before. Certain people would go around and open issues on repos that had contributors deemed -ist or -obe and call for their removal. Opal comes to mind https://github.com/opal/opal/issues/941 https://github.com/opal/opal/issues/941

bobdole12345 8y ago

Usually, it's a conservative saying in front of his group of foreign co-workers "I think it's great that Trump is cracking down on all these foreign workers stealing our jobs". Then they wonder why nobody wants to get lunch with them.

Crespyl 8y ago

Diversity practices in hiring, for example. In the case of Facebook, things like moderation/curation of the various news feeds and arguments around "suppression" of certain topics.

intopieces 8y ago
>Diversity practices in hiring, for example I’m a hiring manager, but I don’t work in HR. I follow HR guidelines and ask relevant policy questions. Nothing more. I don’t express an opinion about our hiring practices around diversity. >moderation/curation of news feeds The article doesn’t say that all these individuals raising the issue work on one feature. That would be a relevant detail. My reading of this piece suggests that a swathe of individuals don’t like company culture — the bits that bind employees above the work itself - and that’s the part I can’t grasp. I work at a Fortune 50 company and I have no idea the political or religious affiliations of my coworkers. I could guess, but don’t want to. I just don’t see how a company culture can have an impactful political bias to people who mind their own business. The article doesn’t specify any specific instance, so I can’t form an opinion on the validity of their claims.