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Let's assume that CB is really the entirely innocent and maligned party here. In such a world, how would their response have differed?

beervirus 6y ago
They probably wouldn’t have responded preemptively.
- hnracer 6y ago
  Why not? They would've had intel from current employees who were interviewed about the likely contents, and they claim that a number of the allegations that are likely to be published are false. If I was either innocent or guilty of such allegations, I will want to try to control the narrative ahead of time. Doing so doesn't seem to update our prior beliefs about the probability of guilt, all it shows us is that the allegations are significant enough to warrant damage control
  - jolux 6y ago
    Because ideally your culture should be strong enough to weather things like these, and your damage control should read more as a statement of facts than "we did nothing wrong," especially when you issue it preemptively.
    - hnracer 6y ago
      That's fair enough. They did say that three former Black employees made false allegations though, so there was some specificity there. Although it would be been better to outline what those allegations were and why they were false, in that I certainly agree (and not having done that, it is a bit suspect)
throwlastone 6y ago
You respond with specific facts and supporting evidence, not nebulous dismissals, which is how guilty companies respond.
- hnracer 6y ago
  Good point. Let's see if CB follows up with evidence and details after the specificities of the NYT story come to light, but I agree that the lack of detail here is a bit suspect
- JacobSuperslav 6y ago
  > nebulous dismissals this sounds like a good band name sorry about the offtopic comment
CyanLite4 6y ago
TBH, this blog post from CB sounded like something you’d hear from the Trump campaign. Everything’s fine, we’re making lotsa money, it’s all fake news...

beervirus 6y ago

They probably wouldn’t have responded preemptively.

hnracer 6y ago
Why not? They would've had intel from current employees who were interviewed about the likely contents, and they claim that a number of the allegations that are likely to be published are false. If I was either innocent or guilty of such allegations, I will want to try to control the narrative ahead of time. Doing so doesn't seem to update our prior beliefs about the probability of guilt, all it shows us is that the allegations are significant enough to warrant damage control
- jolux 6y ago
  Because ideally your culture should be strong enough to weather things like these, and your damage control should read more as a statement of facts than "we did nothing wrong," especially when you issue it preemptively.
  - hnracer 6y ago
    That's fair enough. They did say that three former Black employees made false allegations though, so there was some specificity there. Although it would be been better to outline what those allegations were and why they were false, in that I certainly agree (and not having done that, it is a bit suspect)

throwlastone 6y ago

You respond with specific facts and supporting evidence, not nebulous dismissals, which is how guilty companies respond.

hnracer 6y ago
Good point. Let's see if CB follows up with evidence and details after the specificities of the NYT story come to light, but I agree that the lack of detail here is a bit suspect
JacobSuperslav 6y ago
> nebulous dismissals this sounds like a good band name sorry about the offtopic comment

CyanLite4 6y ago

TBH, this blog post from CB sounded like something you’d hear from the Trump campaign. Everything’s fine, we’re making lotsa money, it’s all fake news...