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Would you feel the same way if your current CEO openly supported the RNC?

• ashelmire 7y ago
  Wouldn't you want to know if you were indirectly lining the RNC coffers?
  • malvosenior 7y ago
    No. The odds that I align politically with every person that will benefit financially from my work are zero, and I wouldn't want it any other way. I find mandatory political adherence much more threatening than any particular political party.
• mywittyname 7y ago
  I accept political disagreements with senior leadership as a fact of life. I've worked for many companies where this was the case; one where donations to the RNC was not-so-subtling encouraged; and another that suggested we donate to the company's PAC. Most of us can separate our politic beliefs from our work. Regardless of how we feel about certain laws and regulations, we have to work within the limitations they impose.
• sokoloff 7y ago
  Certainly. What they believe and support as a private person is interesting and maybe a topic for conversation, but not determinant of whether I want to work for them. I’m openly Libertarian; I have people on my team who are openly pro-Trump. Being in MA and in tech, there are obviously many pro-left employees. If you can only work for and with people with whom you agree politically, you might have (or be) a problem. “Not talking politics at work” is a bandaid over this problem, at best.
• pfranz 7y ago
  I think being public about it was a deliberate choice and signaling--attracting and filtering their workforce and clientele. I'm sure vocal RNC support would work really well in other fields.