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He could at the very least state that his wife's political views are not a reflection of his own. Sure, it's speculation, but I would guess that, given his othe
by thatswrong0 6y ago
He could at the very least state that his wife's political views are not a reflection of his own. Sure, it's speculation, but I would guess that, given his other questionable donations, he probably isn't opposed to his wife's political donations.
IMO this, along with a few other choice quotes from the article [0][1], indicate to me that he's neither an inspiring nor effective leader. He blames his employees rather than himself for the failings of the company, and he blames his employees for combative discourse rather than his own actions and donations. Yuck.
Sidenote, the rush to his defense in this comment section is nothing short of odd.
[0]: "It is clear that some of you are devoting more energy and attention inwards, than towards our customers.”
[1]: Two days later Cirne sent a scolding memo to the entire company, admonishing employees to work harder and warning that New Relic was trailing competitors.
- bigbubba 6y ago> He could at the very least state that his wife's political views are not a reflection of his own. It's unreasonable to expect somebody to publicly denounce their spouse like this. It's inappropriate for people to make a coworker's spouse a matter of contention in the first place.
- thatswrong0 6y agoThat's not denouncing. That's a neutral way of stating that he had nothing to do with those donations. And stop pretending that this is just any ordinary coworker. This is the public face and leader of the company that publicly advertises a certain set of values. This is also a person who has been made rich by the success of the company, and then is using that money to donate to very morally questionable causes (either directly himself or via his wife). The guy literally donated an "ordinary coworker's" years salary to an organization that explicitly discriminates against members of the LGBTQ+ community. Do tell me exactly why it is inappropriate for employees of the company to complain about such dubious donations of their CEO, who they helped make mind-numbingly rich?
- bigbubba 6y ago> This is also a person who has been made rich by the success of the company, Would you say the degree to which a coworker's personal relationship with their spouse is 'your business' is proportional to their salary? Or how exactly do you figure this works? His relationship with his spouse is his business, not yours. It's really that simple.
- thatswrong0 6y agoIn case you missed the details here somehow, this is in conjunction with his own personal donations to discriminatory organizations. > His relationship with his spouse is his business, not yours. It's really that simple. If his wife yelled racial slurs and he said nothing about it, should employees just shut up about that as well?
- bigbubba 6y agoIf you have a problem with a woman, you should take it up with that woman, not her husband. What century is this?
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- thatswrong0 6y agoThe century where we generally assume that both members of a domestic partnership or marriage are fully aware of the actions of the other and, most likely, support said actions taken by the other, especially when those actions are public and controversial.
- bigbubba 6y agoAssuming that two people in a relationship agree with each other's politics is a good way to make an ass out of yourself. Causing trouble at work because you dislike the politics of somebody's spouse is totally over the line and you've said nothing to make me question that.
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