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He seems like the kind of CEO I would love to work for. It seems like he tries to care about his users a lot, and wants his team to as well. Also, the "offens
by ZephyrBlu 6y ago
He seems like the kind of CEO I would love to work for.
It seems like he tries to care about his users a lot, and wants his team to as well.
Also, the "offensive things" in his talks were only offensive to a small vocal minority by his own account.
- DC1350 6y agoWhy would you ever prioritize your users over yourself? They have no idea who you are and they don't care. Don't you have your own goals to worry about?
- ZephyrBlu 6y agoWhere does he say to prioritize users over yourself?
- raclage 6y ago> Also, the "offensive things" in his talks were only offensive to a small vocal minority by his own account. Is that really something we should take at face value? There are plenty of instances of people getting unreasonably offended but it's also extremely common for people to be shitty to their colleagues and use this as an excuse. He provides no actual examples.
- ZephyrBlu 6y agoWell, there is a little context provided by the post itself. While a lot of people seem to be calling him toxic, he comes off as quite genuine to me.
- raclage 6y agoPeople can be genuinely toxic though. Personally I've met and worked with lots of people that were in many ways friendly and genuine but had some weakness or quirk that induced them to mistreat their coworkers.
- flyinglizard 6y agoI don’t think I’ve met many genuinely toxic people. They exist but usually you’d hear all about them before your first week is over. The second kind of people you mention are, well, human. Such small transgressions exist in family and among friends as well.
- campl3r 6y agoIt aligns nearly perfectly with most other reports out of google.
- thethethethe 6y ago> offensive to a small vocal minority I really don't see how this is an excuse. it's like saying "black people are a minority in the US so who cares if they say they are oppressed"
- ZephyrBlu 6y agoI think it's reasonable to assume that not everyone is going to like everything that you say. I don't think this is an issue. If there's a specific demographic that is consistently affected by what you're saying, there might be an issue though.
- thethethethe 6y ago> I think it's reasonable to assume that not everyone is going to like everything that you say. Sure but it's really not that hard to keep things under control in the work place. I have my own opinions, sometimes I share them at work, sometimes people may disagree, however, I don't "rack up multiple HR complaints" like this guy did.
- ZephyrBlu 6y ago"After the acquisition, I was invited to speak on many different Google panels and events and very quickly, I began racking up my HR complaints. I used a four letter word, my analogy was not PC, my language was not PG" Firstly, these came from events he was _invited_ to speak at. If you invite someone to speak and then don't let them speak their mind what was the point in inviting them? Secondly, as a non-american none of the things he mentions are egregious. A bit unprofessional? Yeah, probably. But not worthy of being reported to HR.
- thethethethe 6y agoI'm sorry but this makes no sense. So what if he was invited to speak? Can we not hold people accountable for their actions just because they were invited to speak? How do you know whether or not the things he said were worthy of reporting to HR? He didn't say what they were for a reason