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> I never said this. What does this have to do with anything? You said "Corporations can set rules" and I wanted to punctuate the point that theses rules don't

by staz 6y ago

> I never said this. What does this have to do with anything? You said "Corporations can set rules" and I wanted to punctuate the point that theses rules don't come from the nether. > I don't. That's what no political discussion means and it applies to everyone. Why do you assume people can't follow their own rules? I meant no insult to your character. The point is you think everyone agree with your list on what is political is political or not and I don't. To give examples: You might say "I arrived late again, I wish they would build a new highway" and I'm thinking it's political because really they should build more subway I might say "I have a cat it's nice, I recommend it to everyone" and you might think it's political because you think cats are decimating the bird wild life and should be banned" > Talking about weather Not the example I would have used in your place with climate change... > or our tech stack Open source/ closed source is a political debate for example. But they are also some who dismiss technologies based on their country of origin. So again you might think you follow the rule because for you it's not a political statement but for me it might be and inversely.

manigandham 6y ago
None of those examples are political in so far as to be a problem. Reasonable people understand this. Maybe that's the major issue: the boundary of reasonable is being pushed to the extremes by those who are unwilling to accept anything else.
- staz 6y ago
  so it's only really political and forbidden when it's a problem for you
  - manigandham 6y ago
    Again, why do you keep making this personal? It doesn't matter if it's a problem for me or not, if it's not relevant to the business then you don't discuss it. If a topic seems risky then you don't discuss it. This is fine for the vast majority of people and companies; because they're reasonable people working in inclusive and neutral companies. Those who can't be reasonable and insist on irrelevant politics in the workplace should should leave. That's quite literally what this policy and exit package is for. I don't see the problem. In fact those creating such a problem with it are precisely those who the policy is referring to and they should find another employer more suited for them.

by staz 6y ago

manigandham 6y ago

None of those examples are political in so far as to be a problem. Reasonable people understand this. Maybe that's the major issue: the boundary of reasonable is being pushed to the extremes by those who are unwilling to accept anything else.

staz 6y ago
so it's only really political and forbidden when it's a problem for you
- manigandham 6y ago
  Again, why do you keep making this personal? It doesn't matter if it's a problem for me or not, if it's not relevant to the business then you don't discuss it. If a topic seems risky then you don't discuss it. This is fine for the vast majority of people and companies; because they're reasonable people working in inclusive and neutral companies. Those who can't be reasonable and insist on irrelevant politics in the workplace should should leave. That's quite literally what this policy and exit package is for. I don't see the problem. In fact those creating such a problem with it are precisely those who the policy is referring to and they should find another employer more suited for them.