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Why are you telling your students that they shouldn’t discuss problems with the school outside of channels monitored by Lambda? https://twitter.com/Austen/stat

Why are you telling your students that they shouldn’t discuss problems with the school outside of channels monitored by Lambda? https://twitter.com/Austen/status/1213711252175740928 https://twitter.com/Austen/status/1213711252175740928 You say that no “professional environment” would encourage this, but it’s actually a legally protected right in every workplace: https://www.dol.gov/olms/regs/compliance/EO_Posters/EmployeeRightsPoster11x17_2019Final.pdf https://www.dol.gov/olms/regs/compliance/EO_Posters/Employee...

nicesnowoman 7y ago
They pull this BS all the time to students - it's terrible: https://twitter.com/nwilliams030/status/1219687148972056578 https://twitter.com/nwilliams030/status/1219687148972056578 I cannot believe how often Austen flat out lies on things so easily disproven.
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- austenallred 7y ago
  That addition to the student guide was to clarify that students can’t harass other students and have it be Ok even off of Lambda School’s platform. Has nothing whatsoever to do with stopping students from complaining.
  - detaro 7y ago
    Somehow it neglects to mention that, but instead uses a vague term of "Impacts the mission", which very much sounds like corporation-speak for "negative public attention" and similar things. Luckily, that's easy to fix by adding a sentence or two to this section.
    - austenallred 7y ago
      Which I believe we did. I’d have to look back and see but students asked for that clarification and it’s either done or someone is working on that.
austenallred 7y ago
What I said is we’re not going to create a Slack channel specifically for everyone to vent. There are a huge number of ways students can send feedback or complain.
- claudeganon 7y ago
  That’s not what you said. Student: “I wish there was a safe place for upset students to chat to each other outside of Lambda’s slack. A worry-free environment, unmonitored by Austen & whoever has viewing permissions on our messages. Fear and uncertainty would be eliminated, and the real issues would be uncovered” You: “ That would not only be unwise for everyone involved but an enormous legal liability for the school. No professional environment you’ll ever be in will encourage something like that. There are a huge number of ways to submit feedback or complaints and we read all of them.” Which again, discussing your workplace conditions is protected, by law, under the NLRA. Why are you telling your students that “no professional environment you’ll ever be in will encourage something like that,” counter to what’s guaranteed them by US labor law?
  - austenallred 7y ago
    Oh you’re right I actually read his original tweet wrong. They do have a space outside of Lambda School but it’s not sanctioned by Lambda School.
  - beaner 7y ago
    > Why are you telling your students that “no professional environment you’ll ever be in will encourage something like that,” counter to what’s guaranteed them by US labor law? Encouragement and acceptance are two completely different things.
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nicesnowoman 7y ago

They pull this BS all the time to students - it's terrible: https://twitter.com/nwilliams030/status/1219687148972056578 https://twitter.com/nwilliams030/status/1219687148972056578 I cannot believe how often Austen flat out lies on things so easily disproven.

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austenallred 7y ago
That addition to the student guide was to clarify that students can’t harass other students and have it be Ok even off of Lambda School’s platform. Has nothing whatsoever to do with stopping students from complaining.
- detaro 7y ago
  Somehow it neglects to mention that, but instead uses a vague term of "Impacts the mission", which very much sounds like corporation-speak for "negative public attention" and similar things. Luckily, that's easy to fix by adding a sentence or two to this section.
  - austenallred 7y ago
    Which I believe we did. I’d have to look back and see but students asked for that clarification and it’s either done or someone is working on that.

austenallred 7y ago

What I said is we’re not going to create a Slack channel specifically for everyone to vent. There are a huge number of ways students can send feedback or complain.

claudeganon 7y ago
That’s not what you said. Student: “I wish there was a safe place for upset students to chat to each other outside of Lambda’s slack. A worry-free environment, unmonitored by Austen & whoever has viewing permissions on our messages. Fear and uncertainty would be eliminated, and the real issues would be uncovered” You: “ That would not only be unwise for everyone involved but an enormous legal liability for the school. No professional environment you’ll ever be in will encourage something like that. There are a huge number of ways to submit feedback or complaints and we read all of them.” Which again, discussing your workplace conditions is protected, by law, under the NLRA. Why are you telling your students that “no professional environment you’ll ever be in will encourage something like that,” counter to what’s guaranteed them by US labor law?
- austenallred 7y ago
  Oh you’re right I actually read his original tweet wrong. They do have a space outside of Lambda School but it’s not sanctioned by Lambda School.
- beaner 7y ago
  > Why are you telling your students that “no professional environment you’ll ever be in will encourage something like that,” counter to what’s guaranteed them by US labor law? Encouragement and acceptance are two completely different things.

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