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Is this satire? You’re describing literally every left wing activist that accuses their employer of systemic bias, racism, pay disparity, interference in electi

Is this satire? You’re describing literally every left wing activist that accuses their employer of systemic bias, racism, pay disparity, interference in elections, etc. Transparently it seems the right type of activists are celebrated and the wrong vilified. That’s fine, but let’s not act like this is principled.

wiredone 6y ago
There have been plenty of toxic people i've worked with who seem to think their job is to "point out all the unfairness in the world", when really they're just hired to pull stories off a backlog and write code. I get that there are good whistle blowers. I also have first hand experience (a growing list recently) of people who decide to vilify their coworkers under the guise of "justice" and "taking down the man" when really most people ("evil VPs" included) are just trying to do their best and get through the day. They on the other hand are horrible to work with, and usually very unproductive. When threatened with performance management for their lack of delivery, they then tend to become hostile and see the whole charade as a conspiracy against them, when really no one trusts them or wants to work with them as they are assholes.
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- onion2k 6y ago
  There have been plenty of toxic people i've worked with who seem to think their job is to "point out all the unfairness in the world", when really they're just hired to pull stories off a backlog and write code. If you believe your employer is doing something wrong, potentially illegal, and bad for society as a whole then ignoring it because that's not in your job description means you're a huge failure as a human being.
  - hanselot 6y ago
    If any/everything is potentially offensive, don't be surprised if we are going towards a future market where the easily offended are MUCH less employable.
SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
To be clear, the employee in question believes Facebook is giving preferential treatment to conservative-leaning pages. I'm not sure if that alone makes it fair to call them a left-wing activist, but this isn't an example of left-wing privilege either.

wiredone 6y ago

There have been plenty of toxic people i've worked with who seem to think their job is to "point out all the unfairness in the world", when really they're just hired to pull stories off a backlog and write code. I get that there are good whistle blowers. I also have first hand experience (a growing list recently) of people who decide to vilify their coworkers under the guise of "justice" and "taking down the man" when really most people ("evil VPs" included) are just trying to do their best and get through the day. They on the other hand are horrible to work with, and usually very unproductive. When threatened with performance management for their lack of delivery, they then tend to become hostile and see the whole charade as a conspiracy against them, when really no one trusts them or wants to work with them as they are assholes.

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onion2k 6y ago
There have been plenty of toxic people i've worked with who seem to think their job is to "point out all the unfairness in the world", when really they're just hired to pull stories off a backlog and write code. If you believe your employer is doing something wrong, potentially illegal, and bad for society as a whole then ignoring it because that's not in your job description means you're a huge failure as a human being.
- hanselot 6y ago
  If any/everything is potentially offensive, don't be surprised if we are going towards a future market where the easily offended are MUCH less employable.

SpicyLemonZest 6y ago

To be clear, the employee in question believes Facebook is giving preferential treatment to conservative-leaning pages. I'm not sure if that alone makes it fair to call them a left-wing activist, but this isn't an example of left-wing privilege either.