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Mark my words: the transparency at GitLab -- that we are all familiar with and very appreciative of -- will soon end. I don't care what your company does or w

Mark my words: the transparency at GitLab -- that we are all familiar with and very appreciative of -- will soon end. I don't care what your company does or what industry you are in, pretty much any decision you make is going to piss somebody off -- "you can't please all the people all the time" and all that. This is made worse by today's highly divisive political climate. We've seen it recently where a company does something, gets attacked for it, changes their mind, then gets attacked for that. It's bad enough for "non-transparent" companies but it's even worse for a company like GitLab -- when everyone in the world can (and will!) "attack you" for any decision you make. GitLab's transparency will come to an end. That's bad because there are others who are sitting back, waiting to see how this "transparency experiment" turns out -- and they'll decide that operating their company in the same manner is NOT the way they should go. I miss the days when we could agree to disagree on things and not get so damn "offended" at all the time.

rossmohax 7y ago
When company makes a decision against Director of Compliance advice, when she is given responses like (paraphrasing): "if we want to stay compliant, we'd lose these lucrative contracts, are you prepared to answer for you decisions?", what else she's left to do other than resign? It is not about polarized world, it is about having a dignity.
- jcims 7y ago
  Compliance (or lack thereof) is just one element of risk that a company has to face. The folks that take those jobs are typically risk averse and struggle to move quickly, as one might imagine. You can't let them run the company or you're going to get destroyed by less apprehensive competition, but if you ignore everything they say you're running a completely different set of risks. It's a balance, like everything else in risk management. Her decision to leave is obviously a personal one. Bailing over one disagreement seems a bit unsustainable from a career standpoint, but there could be a track record or she could feel exposed by the public nature of the conversation.
  - jiveturkey 7y ago
    I give her more benefit of the doubt. If you express strenuous disagreement and are in an officer role, when your "advice" is only treated as advice to follow or ignore, you have to take a stand if you believe in yourself. Because it's your head that's going to roll when this chicken comes home to roost. Better to go out with honor and preserve your integrity, in some cases. Well, it's either that or she completely misjudged the position offered her. Seems gitlab didn't want an officer in this position but rather just a VP with an officer title.
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rossmohax 7y ago

When company makes a decision against Director of Compliance advice, when she is given responses like (paraphrasing): "if we want to stay compliant, we'd lose these lucrative contracts, are you prepared to answer for you decisions?", what else she's left to do other than resign? It is not about polarized world, it is about having a dignity.

jcims 7y ago
Compliance (or lack thereof) is just one element of risk that a company has to face. The folks that take those jobs are typically risk averse and struggle to move quickly, as one might imagine. You can't let them run the company or you're going to get destroyed by less apprehensive competition, but if you ignore everything they say you're running a completely different set of risks. It's a balance, like everything else in risk management. Her decision to leave is obviously a personal one. Bailing over one disagreement seems a bit unsustainable from a career standpoint, but there could be a track record or she could feel exposed by the public nature of the conversation.
- jiveturkey 7y ago
  I give her more benefit of the doubt. If you express strenuous disagreement and are in an officer role, when your "advice" is only treated as advice to follow or ignore, you have to take a stand if you believe in yourself. Because it's your head that's going to roll when this chicken comes home to roost. Better to go out with honor and preserve your integrity, in some cases. Well, it's either that or she completely misjudged the position offered her. Seems gitlab didn't want an officer in this position but rather just a VP with an officer title.

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